--- type: "Bill" title: "The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009." description: "Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the sustainable management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem, to provide for a more reliable water supply for the state, to protect and enhance the quality of water supply from the Delta, as defined, and to establish a governance structure that will direct efforts across state agencies to develop a legally enforceable Delta Plan." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 650" citation: "California SB 650 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["TheSacramento-SanJoaquinDeltaReformActof2009"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cabaldon"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/858679c7-8003-469d-98fa-11cfd3841d5d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650" source_hash: "f9945832daa849d52924fc2f9562b551b7aa581ea6e5e19602d756b24a6f9c9d" 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 650 (20252026) — The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009. Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the sustainable management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem, to provide for a more reliable water supply for the state, to protect and enhance the quality of water supply from the Delta, as defined, and to establish a governance structure that will direct efforts across state agencies to develop a legally enforceable Delta Plan. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65099INT) 2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65098AMD) 3. **04/09/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65097AMD) 4. **08/18/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65096AMD) 5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65094CHP) 6. **SB650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650) 7. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB650&version=20250SB65095ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB650 Cabaldon Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 650 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Flora — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Cabaldon — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** 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` - **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 8. - **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 29. - **2025-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 942.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12. - **2025-05-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-05-29** Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-18** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. - **2025-08-18** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-08-18** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2772.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 324, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/858679c7-8003-469d-98fa-11cfd3841d5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).