---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation of water: Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District."
description: "Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 134"
citation: "California AB 134 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation of water: Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-12"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b8408c-0d88-4a0b-80c4-c04bd928f4dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134"
source_hash: "093ce23684b89b581f3adac84dd916c9b424552b06a243f38b016549ebb7a6e9"
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 134 (20112012) — Appropriation of water: Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District.

Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134&version=20110AB13499INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134&version=20110AB13498AMD)
3. **04/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134&version=20110AB13497AMD)
4. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134&version=20110AB13495CHP)
5. **AB134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134)
6. **08/22/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB134&version=20110AB13496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB134 Dickinson By Wolk — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 134 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** 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, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Measure version as amended on March 23 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-15** 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, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 23. Page 1564.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1961.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b8408c-0d88-4a0b-80c4-c04bd928f4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).