---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allocation-based conservation water pricing."
description: "Allocation-based conservation water pricing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2882"
citation: "California AB 2882 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Allocation-based conservation water pricing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8410638-195c-4eb1-9157-79fe7c452dfc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882"
source_hash: "a3546375f7cb09c431cd2f0edb7e56d5e63b3462f21e91b1e4c12979814071c9"
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 2882 (20072008) — Allocation-based conservation water pricing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288299INT)
2. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288298AMD)
3. **06/30/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288297AMD)
4. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288296AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288294CHP)
6. **AB2882** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882)
7. **08/18/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2882&version=20070AB288295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2882 WOLK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2882 Wolk By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2882 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 4618.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 4979.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 3. Page 6528.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8410638-195c-4eb1-9157-79fe7c452dfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).