---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water rights: appropriation: small domestic, small irrigation, and livestock stockpond use."
description: "The Water Rights Permitting Reform Act of 1988 authorizes any person to obtain a right to appropriate water for a small domestic, small irrigation, or livestock stockpond use, as defined, upon registering the use with the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, payment of a registration fee, and application of the water to reasonable and beneficial use with due diligence. Existing law defines \"livestock stockpond\" to mean a water impoundment structure constructed for livestock watering use not to exceed specified diversion amounts, including impoundment for incidental aesthetic, recreational, or fish and wildlife purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1905"
citation: "California AB 1905 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water rights: appropriation: small domestic", "small irrigation", "and livestock stockpond use."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde6296a-e3dd-4405-a3e5-873d69144814"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1905"
source_hash: "951ddb344410a5f95a888a1e888a49f880a12258aff2836ff8a5db5ac84368f8"
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 1905 (20132014) — Water rights: appropriation: small domestic, small irrigation, and livestock stockpond use.

The Water Rights Permitting Reform Act of 1988 authorizes any person to obtain a right to appropriate water for a small domestic, small irrigation, or livestock stockpond use, as defined, upon registering the use with the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, payment of a registration fee, and application of the water to reasonable and beneficial use with due diligence. Existing law defines "livestock stockpond" to mean a water impoundment structure constructed for livestock watering use not to exceed specified diversion amounts, including impoundment for incidental aesthetic, recreational, or fish and wildlife purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1905&version=20130AB190599INT)
2. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1905&version=20130AB190597CHP)
3. **AB1905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1905)
4. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1905&version=20130AB190598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1905 ALEJO Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4848.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4377.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dde6296a-e3dd-4405-a3e5-873d69144814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).