---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waste discharge and water reclamation requirements: recycled water: landscape irrigation uses."
description: "Waste discharge and water reclamation requirements: recycled water: landscape irrigation uses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1481"
citation: "California AB 1481 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste discharge and water reclamation requirements: recycled water: landscape irrigation uses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2222cd56-864b-4de3-91d6-7b55ca979011"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481"
source_hash: "52bdef629f91ccc05887d64c5397b2fbfdc5f34c5442497ff0e863807d71d39a"
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 1481 (20072008) — Waste discharge and water reclamation requirements: recycled water: landscape irrigation uses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148199INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148198AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148197AMD)
4. **06/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148196AMD)
5. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148195AMD)
6. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148194AMD)
7. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148192CHP)
8. **AB1481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481)
9. **09/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1481&version=20070AB148193ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1481 De La Torre Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1481 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1481 De La Torre By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De La Torre — primary (person)
- Krekorian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2017.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2563.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3385.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2222cd56-864b-4de3-91d6-7b55ca979011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).