---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desert Water Agency."
description: "Desert Water Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 140"
citation: "California AB 140 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Desert Water Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-01-16"
last_action: "2007-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbad689e-8887-406d-9a32-2b72cb8de9ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140"
source_hash: "74b6e55bfc5a85e26923c4282ae9038ef804a1d6bb85101ef3def48ecbc73c99"
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 140 (20072008) — Desert Water Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140&version=20070AB14099INT)
2. **04/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140&version=20070AB14098AMD)
3. **07/06/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140&version=20070AB14096CHP)
4. **AB140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140)
5. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB140&version=20070AB14097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 140 GARCIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB140 Garcia By Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1115.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2007-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1588.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 29, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbad689e-8887-406d-9a32-2b72cb8de9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).