republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-56.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California: transfer of real property."
description: "Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes, including such competitive bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute for the letting of construction contracts, sales of real property, and purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law requires the regents to give prescribed public notice to bidders of the sale of university real property situated in California that is estimated at more than $1,000,000 in net value to the university. Existing law requires the regents to accept in public a bid for the sale that offers the best combination of price, terms, and bidder's qualifications to the university, or reject all bids or proposals. Existing law exempts certain transactions from these publication and award procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "California SB 56 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of California", "transfer of real property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-07"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4891260-74c1-4458-9640-7736a9ee0b95"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56"
source_hash: "6fd90e43b7312ce3850886b25bdf2f03a4a62019d95e1440bcc257cfebe09c61"
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 56 (20232024) — University of California: transfer of real property.

Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes, including such competitive bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute for the letting of construction contracts, sales of real property, and purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law requires the regents to give prescribed public notice to bidders of the sale of university real property situated in California that is estimated at more than $1,000,000 in net value to the university. Existing law requires the regents to accept in public a bid for the sale that offers the best combination of price, terms, and bidder's qualifications to the university, or reject all bids or proposals. Existing law exempts certain transactions from these publication and award procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56&version=20230SB5699INT)
2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56&version=20230SB5698AMD)
3. **06/10/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56&version=20230SB5697AMD)
4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56&version=20230SB5695CHP)
5. **SB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56)
6. **08/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB56&version=20230SB5696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 56 Skinner Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-07** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2023-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** 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`
- **2024-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2024-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2969.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2024-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3019.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-13** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6319.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5296.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4891260-74c1-4458-9640-7736a9ee0b95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).