---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities."
description: "Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 92"
citation: "California AB 92 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-01-09"
last_action: "2001-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcdd7c0d-3779-45db-b81b-3ddd5a9a8e83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92"
source_hash: "df70a2492de709669edec92f921e9479ae04227486f2288f23a04d540d647ba4"
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 92 (20012002) — Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92&version=20010AB9299INT)
2. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92&version=20010AB9298AMD)
3. **10/12/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92&version=20010AB9296CHP)
4. **AB92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92)
5. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB92&version=20010AB9297ENR)

## Votes

- AB 92 Chavez Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB92 Chavez By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 92 Chavez Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chavez — primary (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3307.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2446.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-03-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 684.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-03-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-03-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2001-01-09** 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/fcdd7c0d-3779-45db-b81b-3ddd5a9a8e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).