republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood control: state financial assistance: Pajaro River."
description: "Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects, and prescribes requirements to be met prior to state authorization of flood management projects that receive state financial aid. Existing law authorizes the state to provide subvention funds, as prescribed, to the Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz, or to local agencies in those counties, for a flood control project on the Pajaro River, as described, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources, as specified, and provided the county or local agency receiving these funds indemnifies the state for liability that may result from the project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 489"
citation: "California AB 489 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flood control: state financial assistance: Pajaro River."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3527032c-7f3a-4eaa-a58e-e4c3942dfb44"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489"
source_hash: "5b3f6fe46dea88083175a3128ad8f7afe754e0f9c03ee4b45dca608aaa8465e9"
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 AB 489 (20192020) — Flood control: state financial assistance: Pajaro River.

Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects, and prescribes requirements to be met prior to state authorization of flood management projects that receive state financial aid. Existing law authorizes the state to provide subvention funds, as prescribed, to the Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz, or to local agencies in those counties, for a flood control project on the Pajaro River, as described, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources, as specified, and provided the county or local agency receiving these funds indemnifies the state for liability that may result from the project.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489&version=20190AB48999INT)
2. **06/18/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489&version=20190AB48998AMD)
3. **08/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489&version=20190AB48997AMD)
4. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489&version=20190AB48995CHP)
5. **AB489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489)
6. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB489&version=20190AB48996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 489 Mark Stone Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 489 Mark Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB489 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1808.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2712.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3296.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3527032c-7f3a-4eaa-a58e-e4c3942dfb44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).