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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drought: local governments: fines."
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description: "The California Constitution requires that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water be prevented. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, sets forth the emergency powers of the Governor under its provisions and empowers the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency for certain conditions, including drought."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1"
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citation: "California AB 1 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Drought: local governments: fines."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2014-12-01"
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last_action: "2015-07-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a87f3994-6fb6-45c4-b447-bddd5eb7c1f7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1"
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source_hash: "46b89a18b0f35fb3f454175383c1d71a05105718d122bbfb37102bf33d97ee68"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1 (20152016) — Drought: local governments: fines.
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The California Constitution requires that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water be prevented. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, sets forth the emergency powers of the Governor under its provisions and empowers the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency for certain conditions, including drought.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1&version=20150AB199INT)
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2. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1&version=20150AB198AMD)
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3. **07/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1&version=20150AB196CHP)
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4. **AB1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1)
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5. **06/29/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1&version=20150AB197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1 BROWN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #3 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brown — primary (person)
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- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
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- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1098.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1549.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-06-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2140.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2015-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a87f3994-6fb6-45c4-b447-bddd5eb7c1f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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