republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2646.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The San Diego Unified Port District: grant: trust lands."
description: "(1) Existing law grants in trust to the San Diego Unified Port District certain tidelands and submerged lands within the San Diego Bay, subject to specified conditions. Existing law further establishes the San Diego Unified Port District for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, development, and regulation of harbor works and improvements for the harbor of San Diego upon the tidelands and submerged lands lying under the inland navigable waters of San Diego Bay, and for the promotion of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation. Existing law specifies the lands to be included within the district, and prescribes a process for the acquisition of additional land. Existing law vests with the State Lands Commission control over certain state lands, including certain tidelands and submerged lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2646"
citation: "California AB 2646 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The San Diego Unified Port District: grant: trust lands."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ac23b34-5002-441b-842a-f66b473d9f74"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646"
source_hash: "1234d4c49f10c5d74a7b17ea9a6738e19a94f81636f312870f101c2b859a59aa"
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 2646 (20172018) — The San Diego Unified Port District: grant: trust lands.

(1) Existing law grants in trust to the San Diego Unified Port District certain tidelands and submerged lands within the San Diego Bay, subject to specified conditions. Existing law further establishes the San Diego Unified Port District for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, development, and regulation of harbor works and improvements for the harbor of San Diego upon the tidelands and submerged lands lying under the inland navigable waters of San Diego Bay, and for the promotion of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation. Existing law specifies the lands to be included within the district, and prescribes a process for the acquisition of additional land. Existing law vests with the State Lands Commission control over certain state lands, including certain tidelands and submerged lands.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646&version=20170AB264699INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646&version=20170AB264698AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646&version=20170AB264696CHP)
4. **AB2646** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646)
5. **08/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2646&version=20170AB264697ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB2646 Gonzalez Fletcher Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2646 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4900.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5167.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ac23b34-5002-441b-842a-f66b473d9f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).