Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies.
California SB 19 (20192020) — Water resources: stream gages.
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requires the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate and integrate existing water and ecological data from local, state, and federal agencies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 19 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Wood — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB19 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2019-02-20 Set for hearing March 12.
2019-02-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 332.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-02 Set for hearing April 8.
2019-04-08 April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1087.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1163.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-18 Coauthors revised.
2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-03 July 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3042.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2608.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94d5950c-ed64-4c0a-9310-878e8a3f3526. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).