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Bill	Water: school facility water capture practices.	Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 541	California SB 541 (20172018)	bill	Water: school facility water capture practices.	enacted	Allen	8	31	2	2017-02-16	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b83ac1a0-e97f-4c66-a193-94ae11851b4f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB541	e2e5d9987156ca35246c7812526f2fde3c31872665ac0b5a5adca50de69a12aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 541 (20172018) — Water: school facility water capture practices.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, to recommend best design practices that include energy efficiency measures for all new public schools, and to report the recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2003.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB541 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 541 Allen Senate Third Reading By FRIEDMAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB541 Allen et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Coms. on ED. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 536.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2017-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 784.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2017-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1186.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 1330.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 Re-referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-20 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
• 2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3047.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2693.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 811, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b83ac1a0-e97f-4c66-a193-94ae11851b4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).