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type: "Bill"
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title: "Park districts: ordinances: nuisances: abatement."
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description: "Existing law prescribes procedures, including the election of a board of directors, for the formation of regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, or regional open-space districts. Existing law authorizes 3 or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, to organize and incorporate, but requires that all the territory in the proposed district be contiguous. Existing law requires the board of directors to superintend, control, and make available to all the inhabitants of the district all public recreation lands and facilities, as provided. Existing law requires the board of directors to act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the board."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 959"
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citation: "California AB 959 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Park districts: ordinances: nuisances: abatement."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf44d33-be65-4033-ba45-483c1d95d411"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959"
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source_hash: "ce19b810c0b1282a1c33488cda69c96d6ec6634b21415ad81aa0e36f68c0fda9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 959 (20212022) — Park districts: ordinances: nuisances: abatement.
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Existing law prescribes procedures, including the election of a board of directors, for the formation of regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, or regional open-space districts. Existing law authorizes 3 or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, to organize and incorporate, but requires that all the territory in the proposed district be contiguous. Existing law requires the board of directors to superintend, control, and make available to all the inhabitants of the district all public recreation lands and facilities, as provided. Existing law requires the board of directors to act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the board.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95999INT)
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2. **05/10/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95998AMD)
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3. **06/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95997AMD)
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4. **07/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95996AMD)
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5. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95995AMD)
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6. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95993CHP)
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7. **AB959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959)
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8. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB959&version=20210AB95994ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB959 Mullin et al. By Becker — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 959 Mullin Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 959 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mullin — primary (person)
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- Becker — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1691.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-07-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2223.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
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- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2727.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf44d33-be65-4033-ba45-483c1d95d411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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