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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: historical property."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes an owner of any qualified historical property, as defined, to contract with the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county, to restrict the use of the property in exchange for lowered assessment values. Existing law requires contracts under these provisions to include, among other things, where applicable, a provision for the periodic examination of the interior and exterior of the premises by the assessor, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization whenever necessary, and a provision that requires the owner to notify the Office of Historic Preservation of the contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 654"
citation: "California AB 654 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: historical property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf1c770-88f9-48fc-83d3-0b95d0f4a127"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654"
source_hash: "19edb116837e2c2ffdd850893be08e5aee26fdad9f190e64d85b3fc0c2e185b3"
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 654 (20112012) — Local government: historical property.
(1) Existing law authorizes an owner of any qualified historical property, as defined, to contract with the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county, to restrict the use of the property in exchange for lowered assessment values. Existing law requires contracts under these provisions to include, among other things, where applicable, a provision for the periodic examination of the interior and exterior of the premises by the assessor, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization whenever necessary, and a provision that requires the owner to notify the Office of Historic Preservation of the contract.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65499INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65498AMD)
3. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65497AMD)
4. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65496AMD)
5. **06/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65495AMD)
6. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65494AMD)
7. **09/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65492CHP)
8. **AB654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654)
9. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB654&version=20110AB65493ENR)
## Votes
- AB 654 HUESO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5322** (pass) · lower
- AB 654 HUESO Assembly Third Reading — **5718** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB654 Hueso By Wolk — **2314** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **72** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **101** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **53** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hueso — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Coms. on W., P. & W. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 1508.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-08** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1962.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2494.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cf1c770-88f9-48fc-83d3-0b95d0f4a127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).