---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sewer service: disadvantaged communities."
description: "Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards regulate water quality in accordance with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the federal Clean Water Act. Existing law authorizes a regional board to order the provision of sewer service by a receiving sewer system, as defined, to a disadvantaged community served by an inadequate onsite sewage treatment system, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 805"
citation: "California AB 805 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Sewer service", "disadvantaged communities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee0fa1f-6f29-41aa-a747-38a41bed4814"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805"
source_hash: "325420fedf3924a5742555be0face363f2d6195c84462dc2d70143212c9afc2d"
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 805 (20232024) — Sewer service: disadvantaged communities.

Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards regulate water quality in accordance with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the federal Clean Water Act. Existing law authorizes a regional board to order the provision of sewer service by a receiving sewer system, as defined, to a disadvantaged community served by an inadequate onsite sewage treatment system, as defined.

## 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=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80599INT)
2. **01/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80597AMD)
3. **03/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80598AMD)
4. **05/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80596AMD)
5. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80595AMD)
6. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80593CHP)
7. **AB805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB805&version=20230AB80594ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB805 Arambula et al. By Laird Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 805 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 805 Arambula Third Reading Urgency — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (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.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-01-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3968.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bee0fa1f-6f29-41aa-a747-38a41bed4814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).