Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts' specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law requires the board of directors of a district to consist of 5 members and each director to be a resident of the division from which the director is elected.
California AB 1794 (20152016) — Central Basin Municipal Water District.
Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts' specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law requires the board of directors of a district to consist of 5 members and each director to be a resident of the division from which the director is elected.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
AB 1794 GARCIA, C. Third Reading Urgency — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
Lara — coauthor (person)
O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2016-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-04-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2016-06-02 Reconsideration granted. (Page 5227.)
2016-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5227.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2016-06-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 5161.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6206.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35a88faa-eb07-4e11-9e60-77f868dc0858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).