---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act."
description: "California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1405"
citation: "California AB 1405 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ad00a5f-96f2-48a4-adcb-5947ee91b6e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405"
source_hash: "95037efdfc8c3e4c8304125907603ce22dd7c299d3ec14dc3aa175c758ce03ff"
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 1405 (20032004) — California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140599INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140598AMD)
3. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140597AMD)
4. **06/11/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140596AMD)
5. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140595AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140594AMD)
7. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140592CHP)
8. **AB1405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1405&version=20030AB140593ENR)

## Votes

- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1405 wolk assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1405 wolk by chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1405 wolk concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on natural resources and wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Harman — author (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (September 10). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3809.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3738.)
- **2003-09-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2306.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-18** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1729.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1767.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/7ad00a5f-96f2-48a4-adcb-5947ee91b6e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).