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type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable energy: Department of Transportation: evaluation."
description: "Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to lease, for up to 99 years, areas above or below state highways to public or private entities, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue certain permits for a state highway's right-of-way necessary for telegraph, telephone, or electrical lines or of any ditches, pipes, drains, sewers, or underground structures, unless otherwise specifically provided in the instrument conveying title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "California SB 49 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation", "Renewable energy", "evaluation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5cf3b8-e11f-4919-904f-b7875a1994e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49"
source_hash: "c044fc1613e77f125918bbb8d5d8dea0a3184ab98db2ef8905192745ce331a44"
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 49 (20232024) — Renewable energy: Department of Transportation: evaluation.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to lease, for up to 99 years, areas above or below state highways to public or private entities, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue certain permits for a state highway's right-of-way necessary for telegraph, telephone, or electrical lines or of any ditches, pipes, drains, sewers, or underground structures, unless otherwise specifically provided in the instrument conveying title.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4999INT)
2. **03/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4998AMD)
3. **04/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4997AMD)
4. **06/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4996AMD)
5. **06/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4995AMD)
6. **07/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4994AMD)
7. **07/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4993AMD)
8. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4992AMD)
9. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4990CHP)
10. **SB49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49)
11. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB49&version=20230SB4991ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 49 Becker Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB49 Becker Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Becker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2023-04-24** 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`
- **2023-04-24** April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1158.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** July 10 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3394.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2800.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 379, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf5cf3b8-e11f-4919-904f-b7875a1994e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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