---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infrastructure plan: flood control: delta levees."
description: "The California Infrastructure Planning Act requires the Governor to submit annually to the Legislature, in conjunction with the Governor's Budget, a proposed 5-year infrastructure plan containing prescribed information. Existing law requires the plan to identify state infrastructure needs and set out priorities for funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1253"
citation: "California SB 1253 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infrastructure plan: flood control: delta levees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e49fc8d4-c91a-4c8f-b056-6bd4373ce071"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253"
source_hash: "230b8e219f8976e7fd91bd9e66d7e0845660df738f8e45ae421ab28fa909bc80"
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 1253 (20212022) — Infrastructure plan: flood control: delta levees.

The California Infrastructure Planning Act requires the Governor to submit annually to the Legislature, in conjunction with the Governor's Budget, a proposed 5-year infrastructure plan containing prescribed information. Existing law requires the plan to identify state infrastructure needs and set out priorities for funding.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253&version=20210SB125399INT)
2. **03/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253&version=20210SB125398AMD)
3. **08/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253&version=20210SB125396CHP)
4. **SB1253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253)
5. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1253&version=20210SB125397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1253 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1253 Melendez Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3252.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3517.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3789.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3935.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5829.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 195, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e49fc8d4-c91a-4c8f-b056-6bd4373ce071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).