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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: land use: general plan: disadvantaged unincorporated communities."
description: "(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law also requires the general plan to contain specified mandatory elements, including a housing element for the preservation, improvement, and development of the community's housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "California SB 244 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: land use: general plan: disadvantaged unincorporated communities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3092940-fd56-45b7-996c-fd8234589adc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244"
source_hash: "724b98654b2fca7358714942cd9f495db2c6d866d0e2e21135b628a708a927ab"
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 244 (20112012) — Local government: land use: general plan: disadvantaged unincorporated communities.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law also requires the general plan to contain specified mandatory elements, including a housing element for the preservation, improvement, and development of the community's housing.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24499INT)
2. **03/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24498AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24497AMD)
4. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24496AMD)
5. **05/18/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24495AMD)
6. **06/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24494AMD)
7. **06/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24493AMD)
8. **07/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24492AMD)
9. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24491AMD)
10. **08/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24490AMD)
11. **09/08/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24489AMD)
12. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24487CHP)
13. **SB244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244)
14. **09/13/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB244&version=20110SB24488ENR)
## Votes
- SB 244 Wolk Senate Third Reading — **4730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **63** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **2514** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB244 Wolk Concurrence — **2315** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **63** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- SB 244 Wolk Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **4630** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **63** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **63** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wolk — primary (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-03-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 762.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1013.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1180.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2688.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2708.)
- **2011-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 31). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3056.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and orderd to Senate.
- **2011-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-08** Read third time and amended. (Page 3149.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 3170.)
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 3181.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2460.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3092940-fd56-45b7-996c-fd8234589adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).