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type: "Bill"
title: "School property: lease: county boards of education."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to lease real property that belongs to the school district for a minimum rental of $1 per year if the instrument by which the property is leased requires a building to be constructed by the lessee for use by the school district and title to the building vests in the school district at the end of the lease. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to enter into an agreement with the lowest responsible bidder for the construction of a building to be leased and used by the school district if the instrument provides that title to the building and site shall vest in the school district at the end of the lease. Existing law prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into an agreement with an entity pursuant to the above-specified provisions unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform the work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 591"
citation: "California AB 591 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School property: lease: county boards of education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/025b5182-43ca-4e48-a3f0-ee3b828ed02b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591"
source_hash: "09b354194b89a9f8bf2fdbc92978527220ff53d52da1854d268ed7a18a215195"
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 591 (20172018) — School property: lease: county boards of education.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to lease real property that belongs to the school district for a minimum rental of $1 per year if the instrument by which the property is leased requires a building to be constructed by the lessee for use by the school district and title to the building vests in the school district at the end of the lease. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to enter into an agreement with the lowest responsible bidder for the construction of a building to be leased and used by the school district if the instrument provides that title to the building and site shall vest in the school district at the end of the lease. Existing law prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into an agreement with an entity pursuant to the above-specified provisions unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform the work.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591&version=20170AB59199INT)
2. **04/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591&version=20170AB59198AMD)
3. **05/04/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591&version=20170AB59197AMD)
4. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591&version=20170AB59195CHP)
5. **AB591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591)
6. **07/12/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB591&version=20170AB59196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **61** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB591 O'Donnell By Hueso — **2911** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **61** (pass) · upper
- AB 591 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **5918** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- O'Donnell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1373.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1417.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 1935.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/025b5182-43ca-4e48-a3f0-ee3b828ed02b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).