---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water replenishment districts."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of water replenishment districts and grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act generally authorizes a water replenishment district to establish an annual reserve fund in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 commencing with the 2000–01 fiscal year, and thereafter, as that amount is adjusted annually. The act requires a minimum of 80% of the reserve fund to be expended for water purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "California SB 620 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water replenishment districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/489020a7-6f3d-4a48-a1a7-14b57f0f08a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620"
source_hash: "238e06c4e37a6983f3e0db611c33ae0a37f2f2f1790f50eaeb74b8b6d17cca2a"
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 620 (20132014) — Water replenishment districts.

(1) Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of water replenishment districts and grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act generally authorizes a water replenishment district to establish an annual reserve fund in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 commencing with the 2000–01 fiscal year, and thereafter, as that amount is adjusted annually. The act requires a minimum of 80% of the reserve fund to be expended for water purchases.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62099INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62098AMD)
3. **04/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62097AMD)
4. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62096AMD)
5. **06/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62095AMD)
6. **06/27/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62094AMD)
7. **07/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62093AMD)
8. **08/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62092AMD)
9. **09/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62091AMD)
10. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62089CHP)
11. **SB620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620)
12. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB620&version=20130SB62090ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 2 SB620 Wright Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 620 Wright Senate Third Reading By RENDON — **65–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 566.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 1151.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2794.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3247.)
- **2013-09-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 3282.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2438.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 638, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/489020a7-6f3d-4a48-a1a7-14b57f0f08a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).