---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood management."
description: "Flood management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 5"
citation: "California AB 5 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Flood management."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b23e26-48b1-4c1f-9640-184c26384a7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5"
source_hash: "497651e5b9383fe3cb6516cee38a7d04eae4aa8616f866c741413708616b0422"
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 5 (20072008) — Flood management.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB599INT)
2. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB598AMD)
3. **05/02/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB597AMD)
4. **06/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB596AMD)
5. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB595AMD)
6. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB594AMD)
7. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB593AMD)
8. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB591CHP)
9. **AB5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5)
10. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB5&version=20070AB592ENR)

## Votes

- AB5 WOLK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB5 Wolk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB5 Wolk By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Florez — principal coauthor (person)
- Jones — principal coauthor (person)
- Machado — principal coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** (Corrected April 23.)
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-05** Action rescinded and record expunged whereby the bill was read third time and whereby a final roll call vote was taken.
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1979.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 45. Noes 32. Page 2066.).
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2076.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** 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`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-09-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 2591.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-12** (Page 3325.)
- **2007-09-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3325.)
- **2007-09-12** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 3394.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 3407.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5b23e26-48b1-4c1f-9640-184c26384a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).