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type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: leases."
description: "Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease certain property, including the area above or below a state highway, and certain property held for future highway purposes, to public agencies under specified terms and conditions. Existing law also authorizes the department to lease airspace under a freeway, or real property acquired for highway purposes, located in various cities and counties, that is not excess property, to specified entities for certain purposes, including for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program, subject to certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "California SB 211 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: leases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0580aba-9e3b-4c29-b16d-e04d4afa956f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211"
source_hash: "84ca96fec9681e7d1a33dd72d28cb057e9eb317d9c95f9f469f04b915b1dee2d"
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 211 (20192020) — State highways: leases.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease certain property, including the area above or below a state highway, and certain property held for future highway purposes, to public agencies under specified terms and conditions. Existing law also authorizes the department to lease airspace under a freeway, or real property acquired for highway purposes, located in various cities and counties, that is not excess property, to specified entities for certain purposes, including for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program, subject to certain conditions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/04/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211&version=20190SB21199INT)
2. **03/19/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211&version=20190SB21198AMD)
3. **08/15/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211&version=20190SB21197AMD)
4. **09/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211&version=20190SB21195CHP)
5. **SB211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211)
6. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB211&version=20190SB21196ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB211 Beall et al. Concurrence — **354** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **120** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **150** (pass) · lower
- SB 211 Beall Senate Third Reading By Quirk-Silva — **762** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB211 — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Beall — primary (person)
- Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 655.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1093.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** August 21 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3191.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2832.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 343, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0580aba-9e3b-4c29-b16d-e04d4afa956f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).