Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined, and requires, except as provided, a local agency disposing of surplus land to comply with certain notice requirements before disposing of the land or participating in negotiations to dispose of the land with a prospective transferee, particularly that the local agency send a notice of availability to specified entities that have notified the Department of Housing and Community Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under existing law, if the local agency receives a notice of interest, the local agency is required to engage in good faith negotiations with the entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land.
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined, and requires, except as provided, a local agency disposing of surplus land to comply with certain notice requirements before disposing of the land or participating in negotiations to dispose of the land with a prospective transferee, particularly that the local agency send a notice of availability to specified entities that have notified the Department of Housing and Community Development of their interest in surplus land, as specified. Under existing law, if the local agency receives a notice of interest, the local agency is required to engage in good faith negotiations with the entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land.
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] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
AB 480 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–13 (pass) · lower
AB 480 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 53–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB480 Ting et al. By Umberg — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ting — primary (person)
Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
Umberg — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2023-02-17 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2023-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-04-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 1698.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING. referral-committee
2023-06-15 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
2023-06-21 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
2023-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-08-28 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2729.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 3578.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 788, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20d7940a-2639-4a76-80b6-9b7c2ada1d22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).