---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water replenishment districts: contracts."
description: "The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires a district to advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period and, when work is to be done, to give notice calling for bids by publication, as prescribed. The act requires contracts and other documents executed by a district that require or authorize the district to expend $10,000 or more to be authorized by the board of directors and signed by the president and the secretary, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1476"
citation: "California SB 1476 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water replenishment districts: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05267bdb-c2e0-4c42-9eeb-5e1b3da353f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476"
source_hash: "7bc8bfa7b1d1021c4b6170643a15ca7e6905709bf14dd6e2ebeba3b5ea6e4963"
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 1476 (20212022) — Water replenishment districts: contracts.

The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires a district to advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period and, when work is to be done, to give notice calling for bids by publication, as prescribed. The act requires contracts and other documents executed by a district that require or authorize the district to expend $10,000 or more to be authorized by the board of directors and signed by the president and the secretary, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147699INT)
2. **03/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147698AMD)
3. **04/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147697AMD)
4. **05/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147696AMD)
5. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147695AMD)
6. **06/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147694AMD)
7. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147692CHP)
8. **SB1476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476)
9. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1476&version=20210SB147693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1476 Bradford Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1476 Bradford Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2022-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3609.) (May 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3827.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5820.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 891, 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/05267bdb-c2e0-4c42-9eeb-5e1b3da353f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).