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Bill	Water rights: appropriation.	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. As a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit to appropriate water, existing law requires certain facts to exist, including that there is unappropriated water available to supply the applicant.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1205	California SB 1205 (20212022)	bill	Water rights: appropriation.	enacted	Allen	8	29	8	2022-02-17	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/b2315d2b-fee4-43d5-a2fc-86e1745382bc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1205	98e6231416a15e0e21903dab05cf1f2bebca390f8e114df2ed725bdb8d7a8490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1205 (20212022) — Water rights: appropriation.

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. As a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit to appropriate water, existing law requires certain facts to exist, including that there is unappropriated water available to supply the applicant.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1205 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1205 Allen Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1205 Allen et al. Concurrence — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB1205 Allen et al. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-18 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3439.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3788.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3918.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5395.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 369, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2315d2b-fee4-43d5-a2fc-86e1745382bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).