---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water replenishment districts: competitive bidding."
description: "Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of a water replenishment district, governed by a board, with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. Existing law requires a district to provide notice of a contract for any improvement or work, as specified. Existing law authorizes a board to let the work to the lowest responsible bidder, reject the bids and readvertise for proposals, or proceed to construct the work under its own superintendence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1736"
citation: "California AB 1736 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water replenishment districts", "competitive bidding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juan Carrillo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/136dd3f5-c3a2-42e7-876c-e5ae81957169"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736"
source_hash: "4411da6941dc7585ac797870403e45cb7aa420665b89aeba647a9680b4ab0b41"
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 1736 (20232024) — Water replenishment districts: competitive bidding.

Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of a water replenishment district, governed by a board, with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. Existing law requires a district to provide notice of a contract for any improvement or work, as specified. Existing law authorizes a board to let the work to the lowest responsible bidder, reject the bids and readvertise for proposals, or proceed to construct the work under its own superintendence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736&version=20230AB173699INT)
2. **03/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736&version=20230AB173698AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736&version=20230AB173696CHP)
4. **AB1736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736)
5. **09/07/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1736&version=20230AB173697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1736 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1736 Juan Carrillo By Bradford — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Juan Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1525.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 3. Page 2366.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 592, 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/136dd3f5-c3a2-42e7-876c-e5ae81957169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).