republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-959.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus residential property: use of funds: priorities and procedures: City of Pasadena."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their present occupants, as specified. Existing law then requires the property to be offered to housing-related entities, as provided, prior to placing the property up for sale for fair market value, subject to specified priorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 959"
citation: "California SB 959 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus residential property: use of funds: priorities and procedures: City of Pasadena."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaae563e-9a2a-4f06-920e-dd308c927a6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959"
source_hash: "809effac7690d79bd561c0809c68e05c26ec17885740e102b1def055002ef26a"
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 959 (20212022) — Surplus residential property: use of funds: priorities and procedures: City of Pasadena.

(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their present occupants, as specified. Existing law then requires the property to be offered to housing-related entities, as provided, prior to placing the property up for sale for fair market value, subject to specified priorities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95999INT)
2. **03/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95998AMD)
3. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95997AMD)
4. **08/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95996AMD)
5. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95994CHP)
6. **SB959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959)
7. **09/08/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB959&version=20210SB95995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB959 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 959 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Holden — **68–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-10** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 3440.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2022-05-02** May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3777.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3867.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** June 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2022-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5415.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 668, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaae563e-9a2a-4f06-920e-dd308c927a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).