republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-988.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency."
description: "Existing law, the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency Act, creates the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency and authorizes the agency to perform groundwater management activities within its boundaries. Existing law establishes a board of directors to govern the agency and authorizes the board to adopt ordinances for the purpose of regulating, conserving, managing, and controlling the use and extraction of groundwater within the territory of the agency. Existing law provides that any person who intentionally violates any provision of the act or any agency ordinance is guilty of an infraction, as prescribed, and that any person who negligently or intentionally violates any provision of the act or any agency ordinance may also be liable civilly to the agency, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "California SB 988 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-12"
last_action: "2014-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768c20d9-0f40-485d-a38b-cf8fdbf6a3f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB988"
source_hash: "5681cf67874e7a8a3c02aafb60292fc6f8af46c401f43a3c5911f022f157aee6"
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 988 (20132014) — Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency.

Existing law, the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency Act, creates the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency and authorizes the agency to perform groundwater management activities within its boundaries. Existing law establishes a board of directors to govern the agency and authorizes the board to adopt ordinances for the purpose of regulating, conserving, managing, and controlling the use and extraction of groundwater within the territory of the agency. Existing law provides that any person who intentionally violates any provision of the act or any agency ordinance is guilty of an infraction, as prescribed, and that any person who negligently or intentionally violates any provision of the act or any agency ordinance may also be liable civilly to the agency, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB988&version=20130SB98899INT)
2. **07/10/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB988&version=20130SB98897CHP)
3. **SB988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB988)
4. **06/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB988&version=20130SB98898ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 988 Jackson Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **56–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2014-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 2927.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 3414.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 5699.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 121, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/768c20d9-0f40-485d-a38b-cf8fdbf6a3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).