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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water Conservation in Landscaping Act: model water-efficient landscaping ordinance."
+description: "Existing law, the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act, requires the Department of Water Resources to update its model water-efficient landscape ordinance by regulation and prescribes various requirements for the updated model ordinance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2515"
+citation: "California AB 2515 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Water Conservation in Landscaping Act: model water-efficient landscaping ordinance."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-09-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d00fe23-41f5-4351-bbb6-e8372dea8c14"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515"
+source_hash: "9c5871358a839b74ef0146036e7096c1f047423af244df9a97165f53a9b9d02e"
+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 2515 (20152016) — Water Conservation in Landscaping Act: model water-efficient landscaping ordinance.
+
+Existing law, the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act, requires the Department of Water Resources to update its model water-efficient landscape ordinance by regulation and prescribes various requirements for the updated model ordinance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251599INT)
+2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251598AMD)
+3. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251597AMD)
+4. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251596AMD)
+5. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251594CHP)
+6. **AB2515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515)
+7. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2515&version=20150AB251595ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading AB2515 Weber By Hueso — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2515 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **79–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weber — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 5114.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5246.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d00fe23-41f5-4351-bbb6-e8372dea8c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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