republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: transfer of property: Blues Beach property."
description: "Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes. Various provisions of existing law specifically provide for the acquisition, transfer, and use of property owned by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "California SB 231 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: transfer of property: Blues Beach property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3c33bc-ee06-469e-8fde-4da23ca49bdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231"
source_hash: "d0bad530383ba546ecb5a0549f9c00b210d10a7c4b0beeb1e89678aee5ab72ec"
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 231 (20212022) — Department of Transportation: transfer of property: Blues Beach property.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes. Various provisions of existing law specifically provide for the acquisition, transfer, and use of property owned by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231&version=20210SB23199INT)
2. **05/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231&version=20210SB23198AMD)
3. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231&version=20210SB23197AMD)
4. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231&version=20210SB23195CHP)
5. **SB231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231)
6. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB231&version=20210SB23196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB231 McGuire et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB231 McGuire et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 231 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Wood — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0. Page 942.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1413.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Chau.
- **2021-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2817.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2526.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 289, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3c33bc-ee06-469e-8fde-4da23ca49bdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).