Surplus land: disposal of property: violations: public meeting.
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, before disposing of a property or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property's intended use, and send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under existing law, except as specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement action may be brought.
California SB 229 (20232024) — Surplus land: disposal of property: violations: public meeting.
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, before disposing of a property or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property's intended use, and send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under existing law, except as specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement action may be brought.
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 [Housing and Community Development] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
SB 229 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Ting — 62–17 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 31–6 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 10–4 (pass) · lower
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] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB229 Umberg Concurrence — 31–7 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
2023-02-01 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-02-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 795.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 1206.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2023-06-27 June 28 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-06-29 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-08-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 3144.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2670.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 774, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee18c530-bcb0-4647-a879-87c109d6e14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).