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Bill	State Water Resources Control Board: judicial review.	(1) Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, within 30 days of any action or failure to act by a California regional water quality control board under specified law, authorizes an aggrieved person to petition the State Water Resources Control Board to review that action or failure to act. Existing law authorizes the state board, in the case of such a review, upon notice and hearing, if a hearing is requested, to stay in whole or in part the effect of the decision and order of a regional board or of the state board.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2446	California AB 2446 (20152016)	bill	State Water Resources Control Board: judicial review.	enacted	Gordon	7	26	7	2016-02-19	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/97495695-485a-43fe-980a-c01c109bc2e3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2446	481fac1248317ba9e324fd419f55d2ee409bfff084c461136235929acf9347bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2446 (20152016) — State Water Resources Control Board: judicial review.

(1) Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, within 30 days of any action or failure to act by a California regional water quality control board under specified law, authorizes an aggrieved person to petition the State Water Resources Control Board to review that action or failure to act. Existing law authorizes the state board, in the case of such a review, upon notice and hearing, if a hearing is requested, to stay in whole or in part the effect of the decision and order of a regional board or of the state board.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/10/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2446 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2446 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 50–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2446 Gordon By Leno — 23–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 2446 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 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
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-10 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
• 2016-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 4902.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (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 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5105.). 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 53. Noes 26. Page 6215.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97495695-485a-43fe-980a-c01c109bc2e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).