---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water rights."
description: "Water rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 946"
citation: "California AB 946 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdf5d020-4fbe-4279-af53-deba09a8e2d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946"
source_hash: "e27dabdf8bcb2895407d2cdf142680428eb91620395fcd85dbee697ca6a22b00"
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 946 (20012002) — Water rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94699INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94698AMD)
3. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94697AMD)
4. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94696AMD)
5. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94695AMD)
6. **09/20/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94693CHP)
7. **AB946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946)
8. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB946&version=20010AB94694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 946 Kelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB946 Kelley By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 946 Kelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 315, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 3347.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12.) `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`
- **2001-08-20** 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`
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1783.) `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to AGR. & WAT. RES. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-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 47. Noes 11. Page 1789.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-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 8. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1019.) `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdf5d020-4fbe-4279-af53-deba09a8e2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).