republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-953.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Central Basin Municipal Water District."
description: "Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, authorizes the formation of a municipal water district to acquire and sell water. The district law authorizes a municipal water district to make contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 953"
citation: "California SB 953 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Central Basin Municipal Water District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c4b306-da23-4676-a07d-c74e1e90e935"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953"
source_hash: "01d3d783f4dcedb54524f7b66829293113a9e67e979b0b585a8d9cf79af4a36c"
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 SB 953 (20152016) — Central Basin Municipal Water District.

Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, authorizes the formation of a municipal water district to acquire and sell water. The district law authorizes a municipal water district to make contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953&version=20150SB95399INT)
2. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953&version=20150SB95398AMD)
3. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953&version=20150SB95397AMD)
4. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953&version=20150SB95395CHP)
5. **SB953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB953&version=20150SB95396ENR)

## Votes

- SB 953 Lara Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, C. — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB953 Lara Concurrence — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3419.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4000.) (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. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4039.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5918.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 5411.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25c4b306-da23-4676-a07d-c74e1e90e935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).