republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sale of armories."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to lease and sell real property held for armory purposes, on terms and conditions in the best interests of the state and subject to legislative approval. Existing law requires an armory to be offered for sale to any city, county, city and county, and district prior to being offered for sale to private entities or individuals. Existing law establishes the Armory Fund and requires that all proceeds from the sale or lease of armories be deposited into the fund for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes related to armories."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3251"
citation: "California AB 3251 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sale of armories."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f51749c-2731-4c8d-b617-0900b9055e7d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251"
source_hash: "a7fac3addacb93b612a2f995113064e770b819518bbcfe2807584d3f7bb12f56"
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 3251 (20172018) — Sale of armories.

Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to lease and sell real property held for armory purposes, on terms and conditions in the best interests of the state and subject to legislative approval. Existing law requires an armory to be offered for sale to any city, county, city and county, and district prior to being offered for sale to private entities or individuals. Existing law establishes the Armory Fund and requires that all proceeds from the sale or lease of armories be deposited into the fund for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes related to armories.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251&version=20170AB325199INT)
2. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251&version=20170AB325198AMD)
3. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251&version=20170AB325196CHP)
4. **AB3251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251)
5. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3251&version=20170AB325197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3251 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB3251 V.A. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3251 V. A. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By IRWIN — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5218.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). 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 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5704.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6828.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f51749c-2731-4c8d-b617-0900b9055e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).