republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paso Robles Basin Water District."
description: "Existing law, the California Water District Law, provides for the formation of California water districts and grants these districts authority relating to, among other things, the production, storage, transmission, and distribution of water. That district law generally requires the members of the board of a California water district, and the voters of that district, to be landowners, but provides for the modification of these requirements by the board of that district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2453"
citation: "California AB 2453 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paso Robles Basin Water District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd3b8d3-8917-496c-9688-4af10241e336"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453"
source_hash: "724346ee0474e9c2951f8e7380d61a51b9303cbe42264a14e17a02c828e8e6c8"
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 2453 (20132014) — Paso Robles Basin Water District.

Existing law, the California Water District Law, provides for the formation of California water districts and grants these districts authority relating to, among other things, the production, storage, transmission, and distribution of water. That district law generally requires the members of the board of a California water district, and the voters of that district, to be landowners, but provides for the modification of these requirements by the board of that district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245399INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245398AMD)
3. **07/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245397AMD)
4. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245396AMD)
5. **09/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245394CHP)
6. **AB2453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2453&version=20130AB245395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2453 ACHADJIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Natural Resources and Water. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2453 ACHADJIAN Assembly Third Reading — **50–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2453 Achadjian By Monning — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — 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`
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 11. Page 5226.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4467.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 8. Page 6104.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cd3b8d3-8917-496c-9688-4af10241e336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).