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type: "Bill"
title: "Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency."
description: "Existing law, the Desert View Water District-Bighorn Mountains Water Agency Consolidation Law, authorized a consolidation between the Desert View Water District and the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency and required a county water district consolidated with the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency to separately account for and use all funds derived from the operation of the former district system exclusively for the purposes of maintenance, operation, betterments, and bond debt service of the acquired system until all debt of the former system has been paid in full or until a majority vote of the electorate, as prescribed, authorizes other expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "California SB 246 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f33df9-9f47-481a-b98e-d85f21dfbc9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246"
source_hash: "7640a6eb1e7bcea3bad862f84dc7136b52402dc8ff839e8d559eea4cffda61ce"
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 246 (20132014) — Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency.
Existing law, the Desert View Water District-Bighorn Mountains Water Agency Consolidation Law, authorized a consolidation between the Desert View Water District and the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency and required a county water district consolidated with the Bighorn Mountains Water Agency to separately account for and use all funds derived from the operation of the former district system exclusively for the purposes of maintenance, operation, betterments, and bond debt service of the acquired system until all debt of the former system has been paid in full or until a majority vote of the electorate, as prescribed, authorizes other expenditures.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24699INT)
2. **04/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24698AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24697AMD)
4. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24696AMD)
5. **09/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24694CHP)
6. **SB246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246)
7. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB246&version=20130SB24695ENR)
## Votes
- SB 246 Fuller Senate Third Reading By NESTANDE — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #9**380** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #2**370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fuller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 566.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 712.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2719.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2043.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 343, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f33df9-9f47-481a-b98e-d85f21dfbc9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).