republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1486.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Surplus land.	(1) Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines "local agency" for these purposes as every city, county, city and county, and district, including school districts of any kind or class, empowered to acquire and hold real property. Existing law defines "surplus land" for these purposes as land owned by any local agency that is determined to be no longer necessary for the agency's use, except property being held by the agency for the purpose of exchange. Existing law defines "exempt surplus land" to mean land that is less than 5,000 square feet in area, less than the applicable minimum legal residential building lot size, or has no record access and is less than 10,000 square feet in area, and that is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency and used for park, recreational, open-space, or affordable housing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1486	California AB 1486 (20192020)	bill	Surplus land.	enacted	Ting	10	37	10	2019-02-22	2019-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b3dd695f-ec2b-4e18-93ab-dd7b2b626fb1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1486	0fee44f62c0cf715463ca24052fd814081fcbe72bf5d948ec4a2185238bcf03a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1486 (20192020) — Surplus land.

(1) Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines "local agency" for these purposes as every city, county, city and county, and district, including school districts of any kind or class, empowered to acquire and hold real property. Existing law defines "surplus land" for these purposes as land owned by any local agency that is determined to be no longer necessary for the agency's use, except property being held by the agency for the purpose of exchange. Existing law defines "exempt surplus land" to mean land that is less than 5,000 square feet in area, less than the applicable minimum legal residential building lot size, or has no record access and is less than 10,000 square feet in area, and that is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency and used for park, recreational, open-space, or affordable housing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/09/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1486 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/18/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1486 Ting et al. By Beall — 28–12 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1486 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 53–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 1486 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — 4–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
• 2019-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1760.)
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 2098.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-12 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F., HOUSING and G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2019-07-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 2860.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 3496.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 664, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3dd695f-ec2b-4e18-93ab-dd7b2b626fb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).