republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus nonresidential property and State Highway Route 710."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their former owners or present occupants, as specified. Existing law also gives tenants in good standing of nonresidential properties priority to purchase, at fair market value, the property they rent, lease, or otherwise legally occupy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "California SB 7 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus nonresidential property and State Highway Route 710."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e19ba3-f64f-4bd9-afbd-727d12c8ddb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7"
source_hash: "cf4ebfc4ba4fa2ad36e57081e1028bdc65ea3ebfed7f69e3922780a8614564bb"
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 7 (20192020) — Surplus nonresidential property and State Highway Route 710.

(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their former owners or present occupants, as specified. Existing law also gives tenants in good standing of nonresidential properties priority to purchase, at fair market value, the property they rent, lease, or otherwise legally occupy.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB799INT)
2. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB798AMD)
3. **06/24/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB797AMD)
4. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB796AMD)
5. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB794CHP)
6. **SB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7)
7. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB7&version=20190SB795ENR)

## Votes

- SB 7 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — **63–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB7 Portantino et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 655.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1086.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1216.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 7. Page 3613.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2960.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 835, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76e19ba3-f64f-4bd9-afbd-727d12c8ddb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).