---
type: "Bill"
title: "CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund."
description: "The California Constitution requires the reasonable and beneficial use of water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2636"
citation: "California AB 2636 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33f4ca4-2319-4855-a31b-8037b12cb9d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636"
source_hash: "113c85a3bed7955d86ab32176a868de51f276a747f98b8340e077dd36d8c66da"
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 2636 (20132014) — CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund.

The California Constitution requires the reasonable and beneficial use of water.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263699INT)
2. **03/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263698AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263697AMD)
4. **06/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263696AMD)
5. **06/30/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263695AMD)
6. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263694AMD)
7. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263692CHP)
8. **AB2636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636)
9. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2636&version=20130AB263693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2636 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2636 Gatto By Pavley — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Natural Resources and Water. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2636 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **74–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)
- Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — author (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 5284.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4703.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6357.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 825, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33f4ca4-2319-4855-a31b-8037b12cb9d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).