republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1240.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: leasing of buildings: sale of district property."
description: "(1) Existing law allows the governing board of a community college district to lease temporary-use buildings. Existing law provides that any lease of a temporary-use building that is for more than a total of three years, or is under a lease-purchase contract, is subject to compliance with existing law providing for the construction of school buildings under the supervision of the Department of General Services pursuant to specified standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1240"
citation: "California AB 1240 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: leasing of buildings: sale of district property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a03c178-5c74-456b-bac8-9b27bb3cbdb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240"
source_hash: "1adb1a198e2fab2ed171a8b05f48844875842882430698462e035592cf1effb2"
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 AB 1240 (20092010) — Community colleges: leasing of buildings: sale of district property.

(1) Existing law allows the governing board of a community college district to lease temporary-use buildings. Existing law provides that any lease of a temporary-use building that is for more than a total of three years, or is under a lease-purchase contract, is subject to compliance with existing law providing for the construction of school buildings under the supervision of the Department of General Services pursuant to specified standards.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240&version=20090AB124099INT)
2. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240&version=20090AB124098AMD)
3. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240&version=20090AB124097AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240&version=20090AB124095CHP)
5. **AB1240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240)
6. **09/03/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1240&version=20090AB124096ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB1240 Davis By Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1240 DAVIS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1240 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1630.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1979.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2845.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a03c178-5c74-456b-bac8-9b27bb3cbdb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).