---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water quality: total maximum daily loads."
description: "Water quality: total maximum daily loads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 982"
citation: "California AB 982 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water quality: total maximum daily loads."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/572a6234-cff5-42d4-94e8-116543e7e26f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982"
source_hash: "b66bca4040af4f9b1d8c83126625770cb87fe063f9a97eab7530c737d3e7806e"
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 982 (19992000) — Water quality: total maximum daily loads.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98299INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98298AMD)
3. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98297AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98296AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98295AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98294AMD)
7. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98292CHP)
8. **AB982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982)
9. **09/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB982&version=19990AB98293ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB982 Ducheny By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 982 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 982 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3700.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2717.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). (Corrected August 23. ) `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2193.)
- **1999-07-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 1855.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 13). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/572a6234-cff5-42d4-94e8-116543e7e26f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).