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Bill	Water diversion: monitoring and reporting: University of California Cooperative Extension.	Existing law requires a person who diverts 10 acre-feet of water or more per year under a permit or license to install and maintain a device or employ a method capable of measuring the rate of direct diversion, rate of collection to storage, and rate of withdrawal or release from storage, as specified and with certain exceptions. Existing law requires the measurements to be made using the best available technologies and best professional practices using a device or methods satisfactory to the State Water Resources Control Board. Existing law requires a permittee or licensee to demonstrate to the board at 5-year intervals that a measuring device is functioning properly, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 589	California AB 589 (20172018)	bill	Water diversion: monitoring and reporting: University of California Cooperative Extension.	enacted	Bigelow	10	31	10	2017-02-14	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/6f69b73e-3ec4-4b54-82b4-88328feedee2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB589	751587415c39dc0999bd54cf7f060217b7844d6bdfa25cc7a0b89057657c2309	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 589 (20172018) — Water diversion: monitoring and reporting: University of California Cooperative Extension.

Existing law requires a person who diverts 10 acre-feet of water or more per year under a permit or license to install and maintain a device or employ a method capable of measuring the rate of direct diversion, rate of collection to storage, and rate of withdrawal or release from storage, as specified and with certain exceptions. Existing law requires the measurements to be made using the best available technologies and best professional practices using a device or methods satisfactory to the State Water Resources Control Board. Existing law requires a permittee or licensee to demonstrate to the board at 5-year intervals that a measuring device is functioning properly, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/04/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB589 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 589 BIGELOW Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB589 Bigelow By Hertzberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB589 Bigelow By Hertzberg Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 589 Bigelow Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB589 Bigelow By Hertzberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bigelow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-27 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1934.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2756.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hertzberg.
• 2017-09-12 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2778.)
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2852.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3395.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f69b73e-3ec4-4b54-82b4-88328feedee2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).