---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stormwater resource planning."
description: "Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes a city, county, or special district, to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets certain standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 985"
citation: "California SB 985 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Stormwater resource planning."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72dbe1f2-ebca-4cf0-bf5f-16fae4fa2d41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985"
source_hash: "58b1511f021459ca36e042f180ee871d06a0f70f454f85681f8c884682785492"
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 985 (20132014) — Stormwater resource planning.

Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes a city, county, or special district, to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets certain standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98599INT)
2. **04/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98598AMD)
3. **05/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98597AMD)
4. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98596AMD)
5. **06/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98595AMD)
6. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98594AMD)
7. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98592CHP)
8. **SB985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985)
9. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB985&version=20130SB98593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB985 Pavley Concurrence — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 985 Pavley Senate Third Reading By RENDON — **54–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-09** 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`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3214.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3341.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2014-05-19** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3706.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 3598.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** 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`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 6.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6542.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4943.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 555, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72dbe1f2-ebca-4cf0-bf5f-16fae4fa2d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).