republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-519.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: property leases."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 519"
citation: "California SB 519 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: property leases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45aa049f-a919-4038-8717-6108ef812650"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519"
source_hash: "a436a4c144c4ddf88db834dd1e1702dfe7298a6f0f7dbd4f217d7c51b36f77c2"
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 SB 519 (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.

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519&version=20170SB51999INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519&version=20170SB51998AMD)
3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519&version=20170SB51997AMD)
4. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519&version=20170SB51995CHP)
5. **SB519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519)
6. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB519&version=20170SB51996ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB519 Beall et al. Concurrence — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- SB 519 Beall Senate Third Reading Amend By GIPSON Set #1 — **58–18** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 519 Beall Senate Third Reading By GIPSON — **58–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Bradford — author (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2017-04-05** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 19 in EQ. pending receipt.
- **2017-04-13** April 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-12-21** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2018-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4019.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-01-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4068.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 6470.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6112.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 6200.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 6168.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 444, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45aa049f-a919-4038-8717-6108ef812650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).