---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional water systems."
description: "Regional water systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2437"
citation: "California AB 2437 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional water systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c703712b-409b-4915-b1ab-e77ffa780510"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2437"
source_hash: "fea3f6a02de454dc7afa26a8695b264a003406b51d4c8b34b4efb801b2fe127f"
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 2437 (20072008) — Regional water systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2437&version=20070AB243799INT)
2. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2437&version=20070AB243797CHP)
3. **AB2437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2437)
4. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2437&version=20070AB243798ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2437 RUSKIN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2437 Ruskin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — principal coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5272.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4460.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c703712b-409b-4915-b1ab-e77ffa780510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).