republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-34.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus land disposal: violations: County of Orange."
description: "Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, prior to disposing of a property or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property's intended use, and send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under existing law, except as specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement action may be brought. Existing law provides for the deposit and use of penalty revenues for housing, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "California SB 34 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County of Orange", "Surplus land disposal", "violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06916116-0274-4664-881e-abb46df0d9af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34"
source_hash: "279e4943a491cf81fe9a4565b1b776a6e8e9c4c9a58cf11c1c236a49d53c1136"
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 34 (20232024) — Surplus land disposal: violations: County of Orange.

Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of land determined to be surplus land by a local agency. Those requirements include a requirement that a local agency, prior to disposing of a property or participating in negotiations to dispose of that property with a prospective transferee, send a written notice of availability of the property to specified entities, depending on the property's intended use, and send specified information in regard to the disposal of the parcel of surplus land to the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law, among other enforcement provisions, makes a local agency that disposes of land in violation of these disposal provisions, after receiving notification of violation from the department, liable for a penalty of 30% of the final sale price of the land sold in violation for a first violation and 50% for any subsequent violation. Under existing law, except as specified, a local agency has 60 days to cure or correct an alleged violation before an enforcement action may be brought. Existing law provides for the deposit and use of penalty revenues for housing, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3499INT)
2. **02/16/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3498AMD)
3. **02/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3497AMD)
4. **06/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3496AMD)
5. **08/24/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3495AMD)
6. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3493CHP)
7. **SB34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34)
8. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB34&version=20230SB3494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB34 Umberg et al. Concurrence — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- SB 34 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Ting — **62–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB34 Umberg et al. — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** 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`
- **2023-02-22** 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`
- **2023-04-10** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 794.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1206.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** June 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-06-29** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 18. Page 3144.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2617.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 772, 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/06916116-0274-4664-881e-abb46df0d9af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).