---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desalination."
description: "Desalination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 314"
citation: "California AB 314 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Desalination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e6eaf7-12c0-49c9-ba9a-72c447041030"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314"
source_hash: "2659d19e1398d1060b34cacc188a89946cd9af4856e8d9d10ba7f7e07f546285"
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 314 (20032004) — Desalination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31499INT)
2. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31498AMD)
3. **05/15/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31497AMD)
4. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31496AMD)
5. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31494CHP)
6. **AB314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314)
7. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB314&version=20030AB31495ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab314 kehoe by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 314 kehoe concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on environmental quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 314 kehoe assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-07-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 2891.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1873.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on ENV. QUAL. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Coms. on AGR. & WAT. RES. and ENV. QUAL. `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 48. Noes 21. Page 1747.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2003-02-07** 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/d2e6eaf7-12c0-49c9-ba9a-72c447041030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).