Existing law authorizes the Department of Water Resources to make examinations of lands subject to inundation and overflow by floodwaters and of the waters causing the inundation or overflow and to make plans and estimates of the cost of works to regulate and control the floodwaters. Existing law also vests in the department charge of all expenditures unless otherwise provided by law for all public works relating to general river and harbor improvements, including reclamation and drainage of lands. Existing law authorizes the department to cooperate and contract with any agency of the state or of the United States in order to carry out its powers and purposes.
California AB 345 (20232024) — Habitat restoration: flood control: advance payments.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Water Resources to make examinations of lands subject to inundation and overflow by floodwaters and of the waters causing the inundation or overflow and to make plans and estimates of the cost of works to regulate and control the floodwaters. Existing law also vests in the department charge of all expenditures unless otherwise provided by law for all public works relating to general river and harbor improvements, including reclamation and drainage of lands. Existing law authorizes the department to cooperate and contract with any agency of the state or of the United States in order to carry out its powers and purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB345 Wilson et al. By Dodd — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
AB 345 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
AB 345 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wilson — primary (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2023-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2023-03-28 Coauthors revised.
2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1759.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2023-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2685.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3440.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 647, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe9b37d2-43ed-45dc-a4fa-29fa9a6b2904. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).