republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2620.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tidelands and submerged lands: granted public trust lands."
description: "(1) Existing law grants to various local entities the right, title, and interest of the state in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands in trust generally for purposes of commerce, navigation, and fisheries, and for other public trust purposes. Existing law vests the State Lands Commission with all jurisdiction and authority remaining in the state as to tidelands and submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2620"
citation: "California AB 2620 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tidelands and submerged lands: granted public trust lands."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bc7e725-7393-49c3-abbe-bd6ffb5c9817"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620"
source_hash: "5f0635e9d0d9d29cb03951f07110ac3fcc32b88be95842d04c9d581bd1c5d989"
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 2620 (20112012) — Tidelands and submerged lands: granted public trust lands.

(1) Existing law grants to various local entities the right, title, and interest of the state in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands in trust generally for purposes of commerce, navigation, and fisheries, and for other public trust purposes. Existing law vests the State Lands Commission with all jurisdiction and authority remaining in the state as to tidelands and submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620&version=20110AB262099INT)
2. **05/02/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620&version=20110AB262098AMD)
3. **05/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620&version=20110AB262097AMD)
4. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620&version=20110AB262095CHP)
5. **AB2620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620)
6. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2620&version=20110AB262096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2620 ACHADJIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4986.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4446.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
- **2012-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bc7e725-7393-49c3-abbe-bd6ffb5c9817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).