---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water quality: civil liability."
description: "Water quality: civil liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1969"
citation: "California AB 1969 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water quality: civil liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Campbell"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c706c06-8ef3-4c86-992e-6fc1fcdfa455"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969"
source_hash: "bcb40a260d7aed4b0d18be0c7856a0595a6acf7c4e683c2ae202f7f54115bf1f"
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 1969 (20012002) — Water quality: civil liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196999INT)
2. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196998AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196997AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196996AMD)
5. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196995AMD)
6. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196994AMD)
7. **08/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196993AMD)
8. **09/28/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196991CHP)
9. **AB1969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969)
10. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1969&version=20010AB196992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1969 Bill_Campbell Concurrence in Senate Amendments Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1969 Maddox Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1969 Bill Campbel By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Campbell — primary (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1019, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 8666.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-15** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 6544.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** 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. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/1c706c06-8ef3-4c86-992e-6fc1fcdfa455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).