republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-303.md

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Bill	Groundwater.	Groundwater.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 303	California AB 303 (19992000)	bill	Groundwater.	enacted	Thomson	13	35	8	1999-02-08	2000-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/74492249-23e3-494b-9ad9-9ff66f389c91	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB303	ce28a2b3705cf3274d287c50d9a9f03577a1bbd671894dbaa4194256fdd3c24a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 303 (19992000) — Groundwater.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/22/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/14/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/29/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/27/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. AB303 (committee substitute) — source
13. 08/31/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 303 THOMSON CONCURRENCE BY SHELLEY — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB303 Thomson By Costa — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 303 THOMSON THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomson — primary (person)
• Dickerson — coauthor (person)
• Machado — coauthor (person)
• Margett — coauthor (person)
• Papan — coauthor (person)
• Wayne — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 708, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-13 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2000-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 8841.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2000-08-30 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6289.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-22 Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
• 2000-08-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-09-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-09-07 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3019.)
• 1999-09-03 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-09-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-16 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-13 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-12 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. referral-committee
• 1999-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 2293.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. referral-committee
• 1999-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-03-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. referral-committee
• 1999-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-02-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. referral-committee
• 1999-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 1999-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74492249-23e3-494b-9ad9-9ff66f389c91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).