republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-618.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State parks: reservations."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation and vests the department with control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the department, whenever significant savings can be achieved, to enter into a contract with any natural person, corporation, partnership, or association for the operation of a reservation system for the state park system and for the collection of state park fees in connection therewith."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 618"
citation: "California AB 618 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State parks", "reservations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1429e10d-e587-467e-84d0-b53458045f11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618"
source_hash: "9431330138867946e81206e915214d35bb949476996b1f406f81ec847f3e542e"
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 618 (20232024) — State parks: reservations.

Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation and vests the department with control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the department, whenever significant savings can be achieved, to enter into a contract with any natural person, corporation, partnership, or association for the operation of a reservation system for the state park system and for the collection of state park fees in connection therewith.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61899INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61898AMD)
3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61897AMD)
4. **06/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61896AMD)
5. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61895AMD)
6. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61894AMD)
7. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61893AMD)
8. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61891CHP)
9. **AB618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618)
10. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB618&version=20230AB61892ENR)

## Votes

- AB 618 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 618 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB618 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Limón — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1992.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2642.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3403.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1429e10d-e587-467e-84d0-b53458045f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).