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Bill	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Delta Independent Science Board.	Existing law establishes the Delta Stewardship Council. Existing law authorizes the council to contract for consultant services and architectural and engineering services to assist with preparation of the Delta Plan and performance of certain responsibilities of the council. Existing law exempts contracts for consultant services from specified provisions of law governing public contracting. Existing law requires the council to establish procedures for contracting for consultant services and architectural and engineering services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 821	California SB 821 (20212022)	bill	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Delta Independent Science Board.	enacted	Committee on Natural Resources and Water	7	28	6	2021-03-09	2021-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/595f4b06-7840-44b8-b3fb-945c09a86745	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB821	f2c4be90dfbed22208caae88c59a492c04b0f416580394aa850739884a2eac56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 821 (20212022) — Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Delta Independent Science Board.

Existing law establishes the Delta Stewardship Council. Existing law authorizes the council to contract for consultant services and architectural and engineering services to assist with preparation of the Delta Plan and performance of certain responsibilities of the council. Existing law exempts contracts for consultant services from specified provisions of law governing public contracting. Existing law requires the council to establish procedures for contracting for consultant services and architectural and engineering services.

Version chain

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

1. 03/09/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB821 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB821 N.R. & W. (Stern) Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 821 N.R. & W. Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB821 N.R. & W. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-09 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2021-03-10 From printer.
• 2021-03-18 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2021-04-05 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
• 2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 817.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-05-04 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-10 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-05-20 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-01 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-07-15 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2374.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-07-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-08-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-08-30 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/595f4b06-7840-44b8-b3fb-945c09a86745. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).