Public trust lands: Encinal Terminals public trust lands: City of Alameda.
Under existing law, known as the public trust doctrine, the state has title as trustee to all tidelands and navigable lakes and streams and is charged with preserving these waterways for navigation, commerce, and fishing, as well as for scientific study, recreation, and as an open space and habitat for birds and marine life. Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that the commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the state. Existing law authorizes the commission to enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of filled or reclaimed tidelands and submerged lands or beds of navigable waterways, or interests in these lands, that are subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, for other lands or interests in lands, if the commission finds that specified conditions are met.
California AB 1706 (20232024) — Public trust lands: Encinal Terminals public trust lands: City of Alameda.
Under existing law, known as the public trust doctrine, the state has title as trustee to all tidelands and navigable lakes and streams and is charged with preserving these waterways for navigation, commerce, and fishing, as well as for scientific study, recreation, and as an open space and habitat for birds and marine life. Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law provides that the commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the state. Existing law authorizes the commission to enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of filled or reclaimed tidelands and submerged lands or beds of navigable waterways, or interests in these lands, that are subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, for other lands or interests in lands, if the commission finds that specified conditions are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1706 Bonta Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bonta — primary (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2023-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2023-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1464.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2023-06-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2037.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-07-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-07-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-07-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-07-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 130, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed51cc98-6659-45cb-ab46-8f930758b5af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).