republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2298.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational water use: wave basins."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of recreational water use, as specified, including, but not limited to, swimming pools and wave pools. Existing law establishes applicable construction and sanitation standards for public swimming pools, and standards pertaining to their operation, maintenance, and use. Existing law, the Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program, provides for a state system for the inspection of permanent amusement rides, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2298"
citation: "California AB 2298 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recreational water use: wave basins."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c8f25c-892b-49da-9aab-bef20ffc2dc5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298"
source_hash: "a97d9d703fca33388480073eaea2d65942e233853f07486799a3480f8d81fe4d"
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 2298 (20212022) — Recreational water use: wave basins.

Existing law provides for the regulation of recreational water use, as specified, including, but not limited to, swimming pools and wave pools. Existing law establishes applicable construction and sanitation standards for public swimming pools, and standards pertaining to their operation, maintenance, and use. Existing law, the Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program, provides for a state system for the inspection of permanent amusement rides, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298&version=20210AB229899INT)
2. **06/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298&version=20210AB229898AMD)
3. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298&version=20210AB229897AMD)
4. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298&version=20210AB229895CHP)
5. **AB2298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298)
6. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2298&version=20210AB229896ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2298 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2298 Mayes Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2298 Mayes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** From special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5367.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85c8f25c-892b-49da-9aab-bef20ffc2dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).