republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power."
description: "Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be utilized to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 568"
citation: "California AB 568 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83582271-f8b0-44dc-83e4-6c2143523b7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568"
source_hash: "c17d945f3f7a437f67f5860e453db557fb889ea33f3948bae8b9bfad6ef23247"
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 AB 568 (20152016) — Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.

Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be utilized to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568&version=20150AB56899INT)
2. **05/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568&version=20150AB56898AMD)
3. **08/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568&version=20150AB56896CHP)
4. **AB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568)
5. **07/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB568&version=20150AB56897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 568 DODD Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB568 Dodd By Nielsen — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Commerce] — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2015-03-09** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1550.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1784.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83582271-f8b0-44dc-83e4-6c2143523b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).