republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2241.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: agricultural land."
description: "Existing law authorizes the parties to a Williamson Act contract, after approval by the Department of Conservation, to mutually agree to rescind the contract in order to simultaneously enter into a solar-use easement that would require that the land be used for solar photovoltaic facilities for a term no less than 20 years, except as specified. Existing law requires the city or county to charge the property owner a rescission fee of 614% of the fair market value of the property at the time of the rescission if the property was under a Williamson Act contract, and 1212% of the fair market value of the property at the time of the rescission if the land was held under a contract designating the property a farmland security zone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2241"
citation: "California AB 2241 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: agricultural land."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/959ad366-4623-4408-8a6f-af04204fd61e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241"
source_hash: "fb8806a3c7d10faaebb24ff625969025810b5bda44972375b162b66b61ba5250"
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 2241 (20132014) — Local government: agricultural land.

Existing law authorizes the parties to a Williamson Act contract, after approval by the Department of Conservation, to mutually agree to rescind the contract in order to simultaneously enter into a solar-use easement that would require that the land be used for solar photovoltaic facilities for a term no less than 20 years, except as specified. Existing law requires the city or county to charge the property owner a rescission fee of 614% of the fair market value of the property at the time of the rescission if the property was under a Williamson Act contract, and 1212% of the fair market value of the property at the time of the rescission if the land was held under a contract designating the property a farmland security zone.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241&version=20130AB224199INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241&version=20130AB224198AMD)
3. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241&version=20130AB224196CHP)
4. **AB2241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241)
5. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2241&version=20130AB224197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2241 Eggman By Wolk — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2241 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5270.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4618.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 582, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/959ad366-4623-4408-8a6f-af04204fd61e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).