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Bill	Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom Program.	Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with regulatory authority over water quality.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 834	California AB 834 (20192020)	bill	Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom Program.	enacted	Quirk	7	23	8	2019-02-20	2019-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/249aa826-b6bc-4ecd-8ded-2829edb8d3ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB834	709375aacad336a7fad167f327a0b4002b45e4eaee1ee873e1aed431d97fcc27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 834 (20192020) — Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom Program.

Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with regulatory authority over water quality.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/20/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB834 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 834 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB834 Quirk By Wieckowski — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 834 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2019-03-04 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1981.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
• 2019-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2493.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3102.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-13 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 354, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/249aa826-b6bc-4ecd-8ded-2829edb8d3ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).