---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watersheds."
description: "Watersheds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1948"
citation: "California AB 1948 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Watersheds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-15"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa66325a-4039-4589-a41c-3a59b0171568"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948"
source_hash: "34f6898f1076cc24a09a4ea15f48234e8d34585301c2d91d2e839cfe5b89f4d1"
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 1948 (19992000) — Watersheds.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194899INT)
2. **04/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194898AMD)
3. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194897AMD)
4. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194896AMD)
5. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194894CHP)
6. **AB1948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948)
7. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1948&version=19990AB194895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1948 DICKERSON SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1948 Dickerson By Kelley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 736, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9034.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6231.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6186.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2000-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa66325a-4039-4589-a41c-3a59b0171568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).