republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-14.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use."
description: "Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits recreational use in which there is bodily contact with water in a reservoir in which water is stored for domestic use, and establishes water standards for those exempted reservoirs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "California SB 14 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af4ae338-fdc7-4c8b-8dd6-2f5f2d05dd2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14"
source_hash: "4ba3ecd6e02639bd69388345f8ebb8f760dc8acd03e832d334beeae20fbb6ea8"
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 14 (20132014) — Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use.

Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits recreational use in which there is bodily contact with water in a reservoir in which water is stored for domestic use, and establishes water standards for those exempted reservoirs.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14&version=20130SB1499INT)
2. **02/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14&version=20130SB1498AMD)
3. **06/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14&version=20130SB1497AMD)
4. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14&version=20130SB1495CHP)
5. **SB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14)
6. **08/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB14&version=20130SB1496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 14 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-05** Set for hearing March 4.
- **2013-02-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 405.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 579.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2483.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** (Corrected August 19).
- **2013-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 172, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af4ae338-fdc7-4c8b-8dd6-2f5f2d05dd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).