republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1637.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Klamath River water crisis: assistance program."
description: "Klamath River water crisis: assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1637"
citation: "California AB 1637 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Klamath River water crisis: assistance program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30bfa7c5-619b-4e15-917c-52bc9d787489"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637"
source_hash: "bff4737c5fcce1f04ef73f6208692182a97ea634a682bd9d7eec2b54cbfb284b"
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 1637 (20012002) — Klamath River water crisis: assistance program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163799INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163798AMD)
3. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163797AMD)
4. **06/25/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163796AMD)
5. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163795AMD)
6. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163793CHP)
7. **AB1637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637)
8. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1637&version=20010AB163794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1637 Dickerson Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1637 Dickerson By Johannessen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1637 Dickerson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Aanestad — author (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 511, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3985.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2809.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-04** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1916.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30bfa7c5-619b-4e15-917c-52bc9d787489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).