---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund."
description: "Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 61"
citation: "California AB 61 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-12-05"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8ae3c71-11b3-4eff-a46f-96fdad0fae41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61"
source_hash: "577f9361e9354fc0e72bfc43bdf97cb9b28d02ae6bb7d71ea7c7ae1b4d57de24"
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 61 (20012002) — Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6199INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6198AMD)
3. **05/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6197AMD)
4. **06/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6196AMD)
5. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6195AMD)
6. **09/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6194AMD)
7. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6192CHP)
8. **AB61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61)
9. **09/15/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB61&version=20010AB6193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 61 Florez Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB61 Florez By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 61 Florez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 25. Page 4057.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 3016.) `committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-3, passage`
- **2001-09-13** 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`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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`
- **2001-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1680.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2000-12-05** 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/b8ae3c71-11b3-4eff-a46f-96fdad0fae41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).