republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-19.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water resources: stream gages."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "California SB 19 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water resources: stream gages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d5950c-ed64-4c0a-9310-878e8a3f3526"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19"
source_hash: "ae37d6a3bd01dd78e288df5dc73bc9b9fef63cbaa3b12278ec66daddd729b765"
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 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.

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19&version=20190SB1999INT)
2. **02/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19&version=20190SB1998AMD)
3. **06/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19&version=20190SB1997AMD)
4. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19&version=20190SB1995CHP)
5. **SB19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19)
6. **09/11/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB19&version=20190SB1996ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94d5950c-ed64-4c0a-9310-878e8a3f3526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).