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Bill	Groundwater: adjudication.	(1) Existing law establishes various methods and procedures for a comprehensive adjudication of groundwater rights in civil court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 779	California AB 779 (20232024)	bill	Groundwater adjudication	enacted	Wilson	10	31	10	2023-02-13	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/125e2fa7-44a6-43c9-85e5-db83efcdd6cf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB779	c0a4a510ea851f8b25130a773f55e35b92e41679cf33f4a0fc9fffc4c8284920	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 779 (20232024) — Groundwater: adjudication.

(1) Existing law establishes various methods and procedures for a comprehensive adjudication of groundwater rights in civil court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/26/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB779 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 779 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB779 Wilson By Laird — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 779 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 59–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 11). 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 11. Noes 3.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1849.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2070.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-08-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2652.). 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 59. Noes 16. Page 3441.). 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 665, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/125e2fa7-44a6-43c9-85e5-db83efcdd6cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).