---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water: pollution: fines."
description: "Existing law imposes a maximum civil penalty of $25,000 on a person who discharges various pollutants or other designated materials into the waters of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1842"
citation: "California AB 1842 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water: pollution: fines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c211c8-2da3-481b-84ca-23575bada551"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842"
source_hash: "061a5146ea9b874814a5a2d87a5c1ee965d0eb628d72da15b0354bc20239069f"
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 1842 (20152016) — Water: pollution: fines.

Existing law imposes a maximum civil penalty of $25,000 on a person who discharges various pollutants or other designated materials into the waters of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842&version=20150AB184299INT)
2. **04/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842&version=20150AB184298AMD)
3. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842&version=20150AB184297AMD)
4. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842&version=20150AB184295CHP)
5. **AB1842** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842)
6. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1842&version=20150AB184296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1842 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 1842 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **66–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1842 Levine By Pavley — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 5079.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4974.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 6030.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c211c8-2da3-481b-84ca-23575bada551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).