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Bill	The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.	Existing law imposes on the Department of Water Resources various duties with respect to water in the state. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law regulates water transfers and authorizes a permittee or licensee to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights if certain conditions are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1755	California AB 1755 (20152016)	bill	The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.	enacted	Dodd	9	33	7	2016-02-02	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3ba2e52d-47a7-4236-ab5d-625c84af954a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755	04597865737c5bacba8ab57a38cf8737e5b0048daa0681a27257bb329523fde9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1755 (20152016) — The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.

Existing law imposes on the Department of Water Resources various duties with respect to water in the state. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law regulates water transfers and authorizes a permittee or licensee to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights if certain conditions are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/13/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1755 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1755 Dodd By Pavley — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1755 DODD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1755 DODD Assembly Third Reading — 75–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-02 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4943.)
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 5022.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2016-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 In committee: Held under submission.
• 2016-08-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-08-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2016-08-17 (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5065.)
• 2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5227.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6288.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ba2e52d-47a7-4236-ab5d-625c84af954a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).