republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-712.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: California tribes: federal fee-to-trust applications to regain ancestral lands."
description: "Existing federal law sets forth policies and procedures governing the acquisition of land by the United States in trust status for specified individuals and tribes. Existing federal law requires the Secretary of the Interior to notify the state and local governments having regulatory jurisdiction over the land to be acquired, and authorizes the state or local government to provide written comments as to the acquisition's potential impacts on regulatory jurisdiction, real property taxes, and special assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "California SB 712 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: California tribes: federal fee-to-trust applications to regain ancestral lands."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c864aa-cd76-4e13-acd9-6505bccb03b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712"
source_hash: "174996dbb1c9dcfc0923f5701aeca62f75a5a877ee66e88767a7c6cb52b61f49"
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 712 (20212022) — Local government: California tribes: federal fee-to-trust applications to regain ancestral lands.

Existing federal law sets forth policies and procedures governing the acquisition of land by the United States in trust status for specified individuals and tribes. Existing federal law requires the Secretary of the Interior to notify the state and local governments having regulatory jurisdiction over the land to be acquired, and authorizes the state or local government to provide written comments as to the acquisition's potential impacts on regulatory jurisdiction, real property taxes, and special assessments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71299INT)
2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71298AMD)
3. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71297AMD)
4. **05/04/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71296AMD)
5. **07/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71295AMD)
6. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71294AMD)
7. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71292CHP)
8. **SB712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712)
9. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB712&version=20210SB71293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 712 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Waldron — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB712 Hueso et al. Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB712 Hueso et al. — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 896.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** May 10 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17.
- **2021-05-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 1127.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** (Corrected July 9.)
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2882.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2551.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 291, 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/d0c864aa-cd76-4e13-acd9-6505bccb03b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).