---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water conservation districts: reduction in number of directors."
description: "The Water Conservation District Law of 1931 generally governs the formation of water conservation districts and specifies the powers and purposes of those districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "California SB 235 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water conservation districts: reduction in number of directors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a632ee-8a8a-401f-b20d-6d4362c3f756"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235"
source_hash: "860030c1f1c0d25bd809328509f144a9f55629f5d08e283e69651fc029556e94"
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 SB 235 (20112012) — Water conservation districts: reduction in number of directors.

The Water Conservation District Law of 1931 generally governs the formation of water conservation districts and specifies the powers and purposes of those districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235&version=20110SB23599INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235&version=20110SB23598AMD)
3. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235&version=20110SB23597AMD)
4. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235&version=20110SB23595CHP)
5. **SB235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235)
6. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB235&version=20110SB23596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB235 Negrete McLeod — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB235 Negrete McLeod Concurrence — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 235 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **48–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-19** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2011-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 359.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 478.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 11. Page 2162.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 1749.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 122, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9a632ee-8a8a-401f-b20d-6d4362c3f756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).