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Bill	Water replenishment: assessments.	Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of water replenishment districts and grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act requires the governing board of each district to follow specified procedural processes when determining whether to assess, and the amount of, a replenishment assessment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2259	California AB 2259 (20132014)	bill	Water replenishment: assessments.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	7	22	5	2014-02-21	2014-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e1ea642d-a947-4571-9f39-3e459c11452c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2259	f3681ab9ccefef5d2dd976198f9eed071390df757353328851551d553d31868d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2259 (20132014) — Water replenishment: assessments.

Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of water replenishment districts and grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act requires the governing board of each district to follow specified procedural processes when determining whether to assess, and the amount of, a replenishment assessment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/21/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2259 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2259 Ridley-Thomas By Pavley — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2259 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2259 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2014-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2014-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4590.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-05-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4607.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-20 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6239.)
• 2014-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6244.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 736, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1ea642d-a947-4571-9f39-3e459c11452c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).