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type: "Bill"
title: "Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers."
description: "Existing law generally authorizes the general manager of any park or open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $25,000. However, existing law grants that authority to the general managers of the East Bay Regional Park District, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District with respect to the payment of amounts not exceeding $50,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2137"
citation: "California AB 2137 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/378e4f3f-ea14-448e-adaa-540a5ec0a10b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137"
source_hash: "83bf322c1559b330d8b7adbac1216cc1e872e15cf0d9d6f20d4a82f447b75ed0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2137 (20172018) — Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers.
Existing law generally authorizes the general manager of any park or open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $25,000. However, existing law grants that authority to the general managers of the East Bay Regional Park District, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District with respect to the payment of amounts not exceeding $50,000.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137&version=20170AB213799INT)
2. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137&version=20170AB213798AMD)
3. **09/06/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137&version=20170AB213796CHP)
4. **AB2137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137)
5. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2137&version=20170AB213797ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 2137 MAYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · lower
- AB 2137 MAYES Assembly Third Reading — **720** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2137 — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mayes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4787.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5284.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6354.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/378e4f3f-ea14-448e-adaa-540a5ec0a10b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).