---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency."
description: "Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 738"
citation: "California AB 738 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbf6823a-fda5-44c3-9f86-57ba919fcd29"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738"
source_hash: "0c32c546b3a2dd32e36a4aa6b3fd4f3dbbeed19af651759413a41128787ab1e0"
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 738 (20072008) — Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73899INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73898AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73897AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73896AMD)
5. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73894CHP)
6. **AB738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB738&version=20070AB73895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 738 STRICKLAND Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB738 Strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 738 STRICKLAND Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SMYTH — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-30** 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`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1529.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-05** 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`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2120.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2761.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbf6823a-fda5-44c3-9f86-57ba919fcd29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).