---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salton Sea restoration."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2013, established the Salton Sea Restoration Council as a state agency in the Natural Resources Agency to oversee the restoration of the Salton Sea."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 71"
citation: "California AB 71 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salton Sea restoration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17029cb-2119-4e6f-a165-9977c6a2d37a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71"
source_hash: "89380ff47961752ff6076bd1eb7209a0b1395df230f6c72b4e4f92fd0d7db909"
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 71 (20132014) — Salton Sea restoration.

Existing law, until January 1, 2013, established the Salton Sea Restoration Council as a state agency in the Natural Resources Agency to oversee the restoration of the Salton Sea.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7199INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7198AMD)
3. **04/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7197AMD)
4. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7196AMD)
5. **09/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7194CHP)
6. **AB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71)
7. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB71&version=20130AB7195ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 71 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 71 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB71 V. Manuel Pérez By Hueso — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
- Hueso — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** 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`
- **2013-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 997.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1109.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2242.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3072.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17029cb-2119-4e6f-a165-9977c6a2d37a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).