--- type: "Bill" title: "Local government: assessments, fees, and charges: water: hydrants." description: "The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of assessments and property-related fees and charges by a local agency, including requiring that the local agency provide public notice and a majority protest procedure in the case of assessments and submit property-related fees and charges for approval by property owners subject to the fee or charge or the electorate residing in the affected area following a public hearing." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 1386" citation: "California SB 1386 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Local government: assessments", "fees", "and charges: water: hydrants."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Moorlach"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2020-02-21" last_action: "2020-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d4f932-5a18-4ce0-90ff-112a7c0896b5" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386" source_hash: "d47615b860bc1217da5fe8c68deacd98dd4f08c3bc6568eaed3131f707929028" 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 1386 (20192020) — Local government: assessments, fees, and charges: water: hydrants. The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of assessments and property-related fees and charges by a local agency, including requiring that the local agency provide public notice and a majority protest procedure in the case of assessments and submit property-related fees and charges for approval by property owners subject to the fee or charge or the electorate residing in the affected area following a public hearing. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138699INT) 2. **04/01/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138698AMD) 3. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138697AMD) 4. **07/28/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138696AMD) 5. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138694CHP) 6. **SB1386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386) 7. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1386&version=20190SB138695ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1386 Moorlach et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB1386 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1386 Moorlach Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Moorlach — primary (person) - Bates — coauthor (person) - Daly — coauthor (person) - Gloria — coauthor (person) - Voepel — coauthor (person) - Waldron — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. - **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2020-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2020-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2020-05-15** Set for hearing May 21. - **2020-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3576.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-06-08** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3688.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-07-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-08-11** Coauthors revised. - **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5280.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2020-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 240, Statutes of 2020. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d4f932-5a18-4ce0-90ff-112a7c0896b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).