---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water agencies: study."
description: "Water agencies: study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 38"
citation: "California AB 38 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water agencies: study."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2001-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ed4d1f-a924-4a05-b20f-10ac8ab8b36d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38"
source_hash: "9eeddeee797c43bd04308f5478178fef6311a811d752962eb9d0df5cf7d97af7"
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 38 (20012002) — Water agencies: study.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38&version=20010AB3899INT)
2. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38&version=20010AB3898AMD)
3. **05/10/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38&version=20010AB3897AMD)
4. **07/30/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38&version=20010AB3895CHP)
5. **AB38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38)
6. **07/19/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB38&version=20010AB3896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB38 Strom-Martin By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 38 Strom-Martin Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2115.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. (Corrected July 5. ) `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1800.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/b2ed4d1f-a924-4a05-b20f-10ac8ab8b36d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).