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Bill	Oroville Dam: Citizens Advisory Commission.	Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to supervise the maintenance and operation of dams and reservoirs as necessary to safeguard life and property. Under existing law, the department operates the State Water Resources Development System, also known as the State Water Project, composed of the state water facilities, including Oroville Dam.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 955	California SB 955 (20172018)	bill	Oroville Dam: Citizens Advisory Commission.	enacted	Nielsen	7	33	8	2018-01-30	2018-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e3ceadda-013a-4df8-8367-5f5c4ee29a3a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB955	e1412ecced52beb1e9b1515bdd87a665ec2f79ebcb3ab9d2902f0eeb457d4651	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 955 (20172018) — Oroville Dam: Citizens Advisory Commission.

Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to supervise the maintenance and operation of dams and reservoirs as necessary to safeguard life and property. Under existing law, the department operates the State Water Resources Development System, also known as the State Water Project, composed of the state water facilities, including Oroville Dam.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB955 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB955 Nielsen et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 955 Nielsen Senate Third Reading By GALLAGHER — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB955 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nielsen — primary (person)
• Gallagher — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (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 JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 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 4300.) (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. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4451.) 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
• 2018-06-26 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 as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6774.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6153.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3ceadda-013a-4df8-8367-5f5c4ee29a3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).