The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires a district to advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period and, when work is to be done, to give notice calling for bids by publication, as prescribed. The act requires contracts and other documents executed by a district that require or authorize the district to expend $10,000 or more to be authorized by the board of directors and signed by the president and the secretary, except as specified.
California SB 1476 (20212022) — Water replenishment districts: contracts.
The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires a district to advertise for bids before making any contract totaling $25,000 or more within any 12-month period and, when work is to be done, to give notice calling for bids by publication, as prescribed. The act requires contracts and other documents executed by a district that require or authorize the district to expend $10,000 or more to be authorized by the board of directors and signed by the president and the secretary, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1476 Bradford Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1476 Bradford Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bradford — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2022-04-20 Set for hearing May 4.
2022-04-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3609.) (May 4). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3827.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5820.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-17 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 891, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05267bdb-c2e0-4c42-9eeb-5e1b3da353f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).