republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Diego River Conservancy."
description: "The San Diego River Conservancy Act establishes the San Diego River Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency, and prescribes the territory, membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to, among other things, the acquisition, protection, and management of public lands within the San Diego River area, as defined. The act provides that the conservancy has all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. The act authorizes the conservancy to award grants to any local public agency, state agency, and nonprofit organization consistent with the purposes of the act, and subjects a grant from the conservancy to specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "California SB 214 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Diego River Conservancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2022c249-f707-49d4-aaa5-20a67922e014"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214"
source_hash: "68c618e194e4c89b6dcba6b1c63895de2c7f9e6389081c607fd677861199ae1f"
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 214 (20172018) — San Diego River Conservancy.

The San Diego River Conservancy Act establishes the San Diego River Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency, and prescribes the territory, membership, functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to, among other things, the acquisition, protection, and management of public lands within the San Diego River area, as defined. The act provides that the conservancy has all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. The act authorizes the conservancy to award grants to any local public agency, state agency, and nonprofit organization consistent with the purposes of the act, and subjects a grant from the conservancy to specified conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214&version=20170SB21499INT)
2. **04/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214&version=20170SB21498AMD)
3. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214&version=20170SB21497AMD)
4. **09/26/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214&version=20170SB21495CHP)
5. **SB214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214)
6. **09/14/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB214&version=20170SB21496ENR)

## Votes

- SB 214 Atkins Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — **66–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB214 Atkins Concurrence — **34–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Set for hearing March 14.
- **2017-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 364.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2017-03-27** April 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 800.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 3148.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 6. Page 2788.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 306, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2022c249-f707-49d4-aaa5-20a67922e014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).