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Bill	Santa Clara Valley Water District.	The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district. The act authorizes the district to levy ad valorem taxes or assessments in the district to pay the general administrative costs and expenses of the district, to carry out the act's objects or purposes, and to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or extending works within the district. The act additionally authorizes the district to levy taxes or assessments upon all property or all real property within a portion of the district for specified purposes. The act authorizes the district to issue bonds for specified purposes, and requires that the bonds be paid by revenue derived from those tax levies and assessments, except the ad valorem taxes or assessments.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 939	California AB 939 (20232024)	bill	Santa Clara Valley Water District	enacted	Pellerin	6	20	5	2023-02-14	2023-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/edcc3221-fd16-4f47-b8fb-552616bcb72c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB939	25aa40ef0e284705ddb9f72f6b2da55043c48734fa9865d8d0c02405e2488ec3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 939 (20232024) — Santa Clara Valley Water District.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act creates the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and authorizes the district to provide for the conservation and management of flood, storm, and recycled waters, and other waters, for beneficial uses and to enhance natural resources in connection with carrying out the purposes of the district. The act authorizes the district to levy ad valorem taxes or assessments in the district to pay the general administrative costs and expenses of the district, to carry out the act's objects or purposes, and to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or extending works within the district. The act additionally authorizes the district to levy taxes or assessments upon all property or all real property within a portion of the district for specified purposes. The act authorizes the district to issue bonds for specified purposes, and requires that the bonds be paid by revenue derived from those tax levies and assessments, except the ad valorem taxes or assessments.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB939 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 939 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 939 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB939 Pellerin By Becker — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pellerin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 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
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1556.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-16 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
• 2023-07-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2137.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2786.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
• 2023-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edcc3221-fd16-4f47-b8fb-552616bcb72c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).