---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Fork Irrigation District."
description: "The Irrigation District Law provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The district law generally requires a director on the board of an irrigation district to be a voter, landowner, and resident in the division of the district that the director represents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "California SB 692 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["South Fork Irrigation District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c9f773d-c17a-4e38-a6b6-2aa4add5bf83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB692"
source_hash: "694e26a594e72aff3090d4aa117de0682b6faef7c47d2666dca5b1c28c326736"
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 692 (20232024) — South Fork Irrigation District.

The Irrigation District Law provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The district law generally requires a director on the board of an irrigation district to be a voter, landowner, and resident in the division of the district that the director represents.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB692&version=20230SB69299INT)
2. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB692&version=20230SB69297CHP)
3. **SB692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB692)
4. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB692&version=20230SB69298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 692 Dahle Senate Third Reading By Megan Dahle — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 573.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1057.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2988.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 628, 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/9c9f773d-c17a-4e38-a6b6-2aa4add5bf83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).