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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desalination facilities."
description: "Desalination facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2918"
citation: "California AB 2918 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Desalination facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9f9c52-f88f-4cf5-aee8-e188e9d248b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918"
source_hash: "3f4462e7277d812ffeb5216441f88919b03943e510fc37cefbd192d98d963c39"
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 2918 (20032004) — Desalination facilities.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291899INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291898AMD)
3. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291897AMD)
4. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291896AMD)
5. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291895AMD)
6. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291894AMD)
7. **07/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291893AMD)
8. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291891CHP)
9. **AB2918** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918)
10. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2918&version=20030AB291892ENR)
## Votes
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on water, parks and wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2918 laird — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2918 laird concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2918 laird assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Laird — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 648, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 6. Page 7309.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 4951.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 5841.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce, and then be re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife by unanimous consent. Assembly Rule 56 and Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5171.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b9f9c52-f88f-4cf5-aee8-e188e9d248b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).