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Bill	State and local government.	(1) Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board (state board) and the California regional water quality control boards (regional boards) implement the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act by prescribing waste discharge requirements for discharges to the waters of the state, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board and the regional boards to hold hearings necessary for carrying out their duties, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 965	California SB 965 (20112012)	bill	State and local government.	enacted	Wright	10	33	8	2012-01-11	2012-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ec9e0c54-0905-4272-b419-35adfa14a0b4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB965	ba69fe3d87bca824b8aef20cec412b86a2fadd78aa855e3619e75cb41127b2dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 965 (20112012) — State and local government.

(1) Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board (state board) and the California regional water quality control boards (regional boards) implement the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act by prescribing waste discharge requirements for discharges to the waters of the state, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board and the regional boards to hold hearings necessary for carrying out their duties, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/11/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB965 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 965 Wright Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 65–7 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Supp 2 SB965 Wright Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wright — primary (person)
• Alejo — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2012-01-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
• 2012-02-02 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2012-03-08 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
• 2012-03-28 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
• 2012-04-05 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2012-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3261.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-05-11 Set for hearing May 21.
• 2012-05-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 3640.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-21 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. (Page 6250.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 6727.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5096.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec9e0c54-0905-4272-b419-35adfa14a0b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).