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Bill	Salton Sea restoration.	The Salton Sea Restoration Act requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation and coordination with the Salton Sea Authority, to lead Salton Sea restoration efforts. The act, to the extent that funding is appropriated to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for Salton Sea restoration activities, authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in coordination and under agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to undertake certain restoration efforts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 615	California SB 615 (20172018)	bill	Salton Sea restoration.	enacted	Hueso	7	29	7	2017-02-17	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/43e1115d-efb9-411f-8e38-523fabfdeb23	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB615	e41235f77277ae2c81623bd03f4622a1bfc2b2c80e8a363c0d33c0e40436f561	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 615 (20172018) — Salton Sea restoration.

The Salton Sea Restoration Act requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation and coordination with the Salton Sea Authority, to lead Salton Sea restoration efforts. The act, to the extent that funding is appropriated to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for Salton Sea restoration activities, authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in coordination and under agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to undertake certain restoration efforts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB615 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB615 Hueso et al. Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 615 Hueso Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — 59–15 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB615 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 38–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 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
• 2017-05-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-01 Ordered to second reading.
• 2017-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Published May 1 at 9 p.m.
• 2017-05-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 986.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-06 June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3220.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2844.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 859, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43e1115d-efb9-411f-8e38-523fabfdeb23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).