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Bill	State water policy.	Existing law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 685	California AB 685 (20112012)	bill	State water policy.	enacted	Eng	10	28	8	2011-02-17	2012-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/6a117f9f-b734-40fc-8e1c-e9cb04b5be46	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB685	8c076377189f29ddf5e450b9c61b9da3983e3c709d7fe9b6d8262210f9276127	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 685 (20112012) — State water policy.

Existing law establishes various state water policies, including the policy that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/13/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/11/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB685 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 685 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 685 ENG Assembly Third Reading — 52–24 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB685 Eng By Wolk — 22–16 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eng — primary (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1738.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-06-30 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
• 2011-07-01 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-25 In committee: Held under submission.
• 2012-01-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 4758.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6492.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
• 2012-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a117f9f-b734-40fc-8e1c-e9cb04b5be46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).