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AB-1594 • 2026

Surplus nonresidential property: sales by the Department of Transportation: net equity.

Surplus nonresidential property: sales by the Department of Transportation: net equity.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Harabedian
Last action
2026-06-10
Official status
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Surplus nonresidential property: sales by the Department of Transportation: net equity.

AB 1594, as amended, Harabedian.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 1594, as amended, Harabedian.
  • Fairs: Fairs Allocation and Classification Committee: duties.
  • Surplus nonresidential property: sales by the Department of Transportation: net equity.
  • Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus property is required to follow.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-10 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  2. 2026-06-10 California Legislative Information

    Withdrawn from committee.

  3. 2026-06-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  4. 2026-05-06 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on AGRI.

  5. 2026-04-09 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  6. 2026-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4557.)

  7. 2026-04-06 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25).

  9. 2026-03-05 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  10. 2026-03-04 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.

  11. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on AGRI.

  12. 2026-01-17 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.

  13. 2026-01-16 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1594, as amended, Harabedian.
Fairs: Fairs Allocation and Classification Committee: duties.
Surplus nonresidential property: sales by the Department of Transportation: net equity.
Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus property is required to follow. Existing law sets forth an order of priority for the disposal of surplus nonresidential property. In this regard, existing law requires a tenant in good standing of a nonresidential property who is a city or a nonprofit organization to be given priority to purchase the property at the lesser of fair market value or value in use, as specified. Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation from selling a nonresidential property to a tenant as described above at a value below the minimum sales price, as defined.
This bill would create an exception from that prohibition for a tenant who is a nonprofit organization that operates
multiple residential structures primarily for the purposes of familial habitation during medical treatment and related administrative activities. Specifically, the bill would prohibit the tenant from being required to pay to the Department of Transportation any amounts in excess of the lesser of fair market value or value in use, as specified, regardless of any contractual obligation to pay those amounts. The bill would make its provisions retroactive and applicable to any contracts entered into between the Department of Transportation and a qualified tenant.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for certain nonresidential tenants carrying long-term debt obligations to the Department of Transportation.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds.
Existing law establishes the Fairs Allocation and Classification Committee, which consists of 14 members of the Legislature. Existing law requires the committee to, among other things, seek methods whereby private financing can be secured for support of all local fairs, regularly review the capability of the Department of Food and Agriculture to administer and supervise the allocation of moneys from the Fair and Exposition Fund to all local fairs, and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the establishment of new district agricultural associations or local fairs.
This bill would revise those requirements on the committee to instead require the committee to seek methods whereby private financing can be secured for support of all state-designated
fairgrounds, rather than local fairs, regularly review the capability of the department to administer and supervise the allocation of moneys from the fund to all state-designated fairgrounds, rather than local fairs, and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the establishment of new state-designated fairgrounds, rather than new district agricultural associations or local fairs.

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