Water replenishment districts: competitive bidding.
Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of a water replenishment district, governed by a board, with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. Existing law requires a district to provide notice of a contract for any improvement or work, as specified. Existing law authorizes a board to let the work to the lowest responsible bidder, reject the bids and readvertise for proposals, or proceed to construct the work under its own superintendence.
California AB 1736 (20232024) — Water replenishment districts: competitive bidding.
Existing law, the Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of a water replenishment district, governed by a board, with prescribed powers for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district. Existing law requires a district to provide notice of a contract for any improvement or work, as specified. Existing law authorizes a board to let the work to the lowest responsible bidder, reject the bids and readvertise for proposals, or proceed to construct the work under its own superintendence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1736 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1736 Juan Carrillo By Bradford — 25–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Juan Carrillo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1525.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-24 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-06-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 3. Page 2366.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 592, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/136dd3f5-c3a2-42e7-876c-e5ae81957169. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).