Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease certain property, including the area above or below a state highway, and certain property held for future highway purposes, to public agencies under specified terms and conditions, including specific provisions governing leases of airspace and other property in the City and County of San Francisco for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program, and at a lease cost of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year.Existing law also requires that a lease be offered on a right of first refusal by the department to the city and county or a political subdivision of the city and county and authorizes leases of property for park, recreational, or open-space purposes, subject to certain additional terms and conditions.
California AB 3139 (20172018) — State highways: property leases.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease certain property, including the area above or below a state highway, and certain property held for future highway purposes, to public agencies under specified terms and conditions, including specific provisions governing leases of airspace and other property in the City and County of San Francisco for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program, and at a lease cost of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year.Existing law also requires that a lease be offered on a right of first refusal by the department to the city and county or a political subdivision of the city and county and authorizes leases of property for park, recreational, or open-space purposes, subject to certain additional terms and conditions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 3139 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 55–19 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bonta — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-19 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 5550.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 5700.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2018-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a01734d6-5bba-4db8-ab5d-a32ae44be07f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).