republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1422.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012: submission to voters."
description: "Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1422"
citation: "California AB 1422 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe", "Clean", "and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012: submission to voters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-03-22"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6dd1ca4-cddd-4353-a1a4-95dfa01f1c52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422"
source_hash: "e1b256b25a51f872d05629d4f3dca71ac2feb857e46ff2e71f73ab91986e59ea"
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 1422 (20112012) — Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012: submission to voters.

Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/22/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142299INT)
2. **06/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142298AMD)
3. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142297AMD)
4. **06/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142295AMD)
5. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142293CHP)
6. **07/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142296AMD)
7. **AB1422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422)
8. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1422&version=20110AB142294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1422 PEREA Concurrence - Urgency Added — **72–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading AB1422 Perea By Rubio Urgency Clause — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1422 REV. & TAX. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** From printer. May be heard in committee April 22.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1392.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4219.)
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 4279.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-05** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 5607.)
- **2012-07-05** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5607.)
- **2012-07-05** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 7. Page 5613.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 74, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6dd1ca4-cddd-4353-a1a4-95dfa01f1c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).