---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water projects."
description: "Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which manages and undertakes planning with regard to water resources in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 935"
citation: "California AB 935 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a212f53-b225-4503-a9ca-1daea1eecae8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935"
source_hash: "17d4a72f76c2c932cafb4835c11ac58c1a09b51546a08804383f1a14024324b3"
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 935 (20152016) — Water projects.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which manages and undertakes planning with regard to water resources in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93599INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93598AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93597AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93596AMD)
5. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93594AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93595AMD)
7. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93592CHP)
8. **AB935** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935)
9. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB935&version=20150AB93593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB935 Salas By Galgiani — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 935 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 935 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–4** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1850.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Galgiani.
- **2016-08-16** From inactive file.
- **2016-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 5229.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6225.)
- **2016-08-25** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 6427.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a212f53-b225-4503-a9ca-1daea1eecae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).