--- type: "Bill" title: "Water: public entity: water usage demand analysis." description: "Existing law authorizes a public entity that supplies water at retail or wholesale within its service area to adopt, in accordance with specified procedures, and enforce a water conservation program." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 755" citation: "California AB 755 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Water", "public entity", "water usage demand analysis"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Papan"] version_count: 9 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-13" last_action: "2023-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03c31b8-03fe-475c-9642-b329bf65017f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755" source_hash: "9d32ea773e28cfb96271636521fd9bbfc6291a333e6ea6a5bcc0f847c621e4ad" 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 755 (20232024) — Water: public entity: water usage demand analysis. Existing law authorizes a public entity that supplies water at retail or wholesale within its service area to adopt, in accordance with specified procedures, and enforce a water conservation program. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75599INT) 2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75598AMD) 3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75597AMD) 4. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75596AMD) 5. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75595AMD) 6. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75594AMD) 7. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75592CHP) 8. **AB755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755) 9. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB755&version=20230AB75593ENR) ## Votes - AB 755 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–18** (pass) · lower - AB 755 Papan Assembly Third Reading — **58–17** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB755 Papan By Ashby — **28–10** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–4** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Papan — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1585.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2032.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2023-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-08-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2023-08-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2549.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.) - **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3237.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03c31b8-03fe-475c-9642-b329bf65017f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).