republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-607.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Water Resources Control Board: water quality: brackish groundwater treatment."
description: "Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in the state. The act requires the state board to formulate and adopt state policies for water quality control, and to formulate and adopt, and review at least every 3 years, a water quality control plan for the ocean waters of the state known as the California Ocean Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "California SB 607 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Water Resources Control Board: water quality: brackish groundwater treatment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637a7c82-edcb-45c3-b7e2-4f0f37489ed2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607"
source_hash: "be936c244c083f16f3c0a5b6885f5022a5f17ab8680ea75795cb26b5530ebd74"
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 SB 607 (20112012) — State Water Resources Control Board: water quality: brackish groundwater treatment.

Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in the state. The act requires the state board to formulate and adopt state policies for water quality control, and to formulate and adopt, and review at least every 3 years, a water quality control plan for the ocean waters of the state known as the California Ocean Plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607&version=20110SB60799INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607&version=20110SB60798AMD)
3. **04/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607&version=20110SB60797AMD)
4. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607&version=20110SB60795CHP)
5. **SB607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607)
6. **08/19/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB607&version=20110SB60796ENR)

## Votes

- SB 607 Walters Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walters — primary (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 856.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2455.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 241, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637a7c82-edcb-45c3-b7e2-4f0f37489ed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).