---
type: "Bill"
title: "Castaic Lake Water Agency."
description: "Castaic Lake Water Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 553"
citation: "California AB 553 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Castaic Lake Water Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a97949-0b81-43bd-8b43-9d20792bc187"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553"
source_hash: "fe0b72525937a150ab955fba8b0e882cfc88070e2b070ba54606a4d9846be62c"
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 553 (20012002) — Castaic Lake Water Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55399INT)
2. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55398AMD)
3. **05/09/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55397AMD)
4. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55396AMD)
5. **09/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55394CHP)
6. **AB553** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB553&version=20010AB55395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 553 Runner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 553 Runner Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB553 Runner By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3064.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2136.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read third time. Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 action deferred on amendments by Senator Margett. Question referred to Committee on Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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 1801.) `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`
- **2001-05-09** 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`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/b2a97949-0b81-43bd-8b43-9d20792bc187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).