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type: "Bill"
title: "Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: river ranger program."
description: "Existing law provides for the protection, enhancement, and restoration of rivers in this state. Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the acquisition, preservation, and improvement of real property within the Santa Monica Mountains zone, as defined. Existing law establishes within the conservancy the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group and requires, by March 1, 2019, the working group to develop, through watershed-based planning methods and community engagement, a revitalization plan for the Upper Los Angeles River, the tributaries of the Pacoima Wash, Tujunga Wash, and Verdugo Wash, and any additional tributary waterway that the working group determines to be necessary. Existing law requires the revitalization plan to address the unique and diverse needs of the Upper Los Angeles River, Pacoima Wash, Tujunga Wash, and Verdugo Wash, and the communities through which they pass, and to include watershed education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1126"
citation: "California SB 1126 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: river ranger program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb888dba-db6f-487b-96b8-f1134394a769"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126"
source_hash: "0ea6a796b64e4f0959971c6c92c5a73d5a1165c33e94357761bd880ffd4db467"
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 1126 (20172018) — Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group: river ranger program.
Existing law provides for the protection, enhancement, and restoration of rivers in this state. Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the acquisition, preservation, and improvement of real property within the Santa Monica Mountains zone, as defined. Existing law establishes within the conservancy the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group and requires, by March 1, 2019, the working group to develop, through watershed-based planning methods and community engagement, a revitalization plan for the Upper Los Angeles River, the tributaries of the Pacoima Wash, Tujunga Wash, and Verdugo Wash, and any additional tributary waterway that the working group determines to be necessary. Existing law requires the revitalization plan to address the unique and diverse needs of the Upper Los Angeles River, Pacoima Wash, Tujunga Wash, and Verdugo Wash, and the communities through which they pass, and to include watershed education programs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112699INT)
2. **03/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112698AMD)
3. **04/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112697AMD)
4. **06/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112696AMD)
5. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112694CHP)
6. **SB1126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1126&version=20170SB112695ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent (Urgency Clause) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (pass) · upper
- SB 1126 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By RIVAS — **790** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1126 Portantino et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Portantino — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4698.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2018-04-26** April 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** May 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4304.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4453.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6594.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 895, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb888dba-db6f-487b-96b8-f1134394a769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).