Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation and vests the department with the control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation to negotiate or renegotiate a concession contract within state parks if specified conditions exist, including, among others, whenever the concession has been severely and adversely impacted through no fault of the concessionaire by an unanticipated calamity, park closure, major construction, or other harmful event or action.
California AB 1504 (20172018) — State parks: concessions: contracts.
Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation and vests the department with the control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation to negotiate or renegotiate a concession contract within state parks if specified conditions exist, including, among others, whenever the concession has been severely and adversely impacted through no fault of the concessionaire by an unanticipated calamity, park closure, major construction, or other harmful event or action.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1504 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cooley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2017-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1395.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2017-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-07-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2130.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2753.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2017-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 230, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bb8b172-c646-4758-9209-5e73bfab9efc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).