republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-561.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ventura County Watershed Protection District: indebtedness."
description: "Existing law, the Ventura County Watershed Protection Act, creates the Ventura County Watershed Protection District and grants to that district authority that includes the control of floodwater and stormwater. The act authorizes the district to borrow money and incur indebtedness for various purposes, including financing flood control and conservation projects and repairing or removing flood control structures, in accordance with specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 561"
citation: "California AB 561 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ventura County Watershed Protection District: indebtedness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gorell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/635d29ec-1e2e-4fc2-8860-e00c4f843cb5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561"
source_hash: "5692f1318d056f23836d2f484340e8ef9518e5ed57cc7e0db1826dc39abdebf1"
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 561 (20112012) — Ventura County Watershed Protection District: indebtedness.

Existing law, the Ventura County Watershed Protection Act, creates the Ventura County Watershed Protection District and grants to that district authority that includes the control of floodwater and stormwater. The act authorizes the district to borrow money and incur indebtedness for various purposes, including financing flood control and conservation projects and repairing or removing flood control structures, in accordance with specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56199INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56198AMD)
3. **06/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56197AMD)
4. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56196AMD)
5. **08/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56194CHP)
6. **AB561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561)
7. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB561&version=20110AB56195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 561 GORELL Assembly Third Reading By SMYTH — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 AB561 Gorell By Strickland — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 561 GORELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SMYTH — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gorell — primary (person)
- Smyth — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1169.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** 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`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1787.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2322.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-08-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 175, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/635d29ec-1e2e-4fc2-8860-e00c4f843cb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).