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type: "Bill"
title: "Water replenishment districts."
description: "Existing law authorizes a water replenishment district, for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district, to buy and sell water; exchange water; distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing groundwater extractions; spread, sink, and inject water into the underground; store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat, or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district; and build the necessary works to achieve groundwater replenishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 963"
citation: "California SB 963 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water replenishment districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f3c65b-130a-418c-b20b-9e8863b68e20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963"
source_hash: "9c7e18544534afeddd826db0f888244afd4b7f9f37d718c7c1fb8f518fc4560e"
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 963 (20172018) — Water replenishment districts.
Existing law authorizes a water replenishment district, for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district, to buy and sell water; exchange water; distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing groundwater extractions; spread, sink, and inject water into the underground; store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat, or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district; and build the necessary works to achieve groundwater replenishment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96399INT)
2. **03/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96398AMD)
3. **04/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96397AMD)
4. **06/04/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96396AMD)
5. **06/18/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96395AMD)
6. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96393CHP)
7. **SB963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963)
8. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB963&version=20170SB96394ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
- SB 963 Allen Senate Third Reading By MURATSUCHI — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB963 Allen Concurrence — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **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 Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4623.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-04-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4875.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6299.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5422.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8f3c65b-130a-418c-b20b-9e8863b68e20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).