republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3061.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: property leases."
description: "Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law requires the department, when requested to do so by a city, county, or special district, to lease unoccupied unimproved property that is held for future highway purposes to the city, county, or special district within which the property is located, and requires the lease to be renewable. Existing law authorizes the city, county, or special district to use the leased property first for agricultural and community garden purposes, and 2nd for recreational purposes, and requires the lease amount to be $1 per year for not less than one year. Existing law authorizes the department to lease specified property in the City of San Diego to a city, county, a political subdivision of a city or county, or another state agency for an emergency shelter, a feeding program, or the establishment of a day care center for children, at a lease amount of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3061"
citation: "California AB 3061 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: property leases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fea71b57-5cf0-4ba1-9cc4-059137e24613"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061"
source_hash: "8a8f458428064a899b2bd4ea2e6dcc37e3a3818502a9a824ec07d9be2a396bed"
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 3061 (20172018) — State highways: property leases.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law requires the department, when requested to do so by a city, county, or special district, to lease unoccupied unimproved property that is held for future highway purposes to the city, county, or special district within which the property is located, and requires the lease to be renewable. Existing law authorizes the city, county, or special district to use the leased property first for agricultural and community garden purposes, and 2nd for recreational purposes, and requires the lease amount to be $1 per year for not less than one year. Existing law authorizes the department to lease specified property in the City of San Diego to a city, county, a political subdivision of a city or county, or another state agency for an emergency shelter, a feeding program, or the establishment of a day care center for children, at a lease amount of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306199INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306198AMD)
3. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306197AMD)
4. **06/28/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306196AMD)
5. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306195AMD)
6. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306194AMD)
7. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306193AMD)
8. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306191CHP)
9. **AB3061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061)
10. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3061&version=20170AB306192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3061 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3061 GLORIA Assembly Third Reading — **67–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3061 Gloria et al. By Hueso — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gloria — primary (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 5504.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 5955.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6915.)
- **2018-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7040.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 442, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fea71b57-5cf0-4ba1-9cc4-059137e24613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).