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Bill	State Water Resources Control Board: investigation of water right.	Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board within the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law provides generally for the appropriation of water. Existing law authorizes the board to investigate bodies of water, to take testimony in regard to the rights to water or the use of water, and to ascertain whether or not water is appropriated lawfully, as provided. Under existing law, the diversion or use of water other than as authorized by specified provisions of law is a trespass, subject to specified civil liability.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 389	California SB 389 (20232024)	bill	State Water Resources Control Board investigation of water right	enacted	Allen	7	26	8	2023-02-09	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9fc45b9c-3fe2-48f2-9c0b-c78d50d712c9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB389	6bd6a247acc7d2484f1f1e40b2a0664a75c67c141d76c881dec4083049e875fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 389 (20232024) — State Water Resources Control Board: investigation of water right.

Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board within the California Environmental Protection Agency. Existing law provides generally for the appropriation of water. Existing law authorizes the board to investigate bodies of water, to take testimony in regard to the rights to water or the use of water, and to ascertain whether or not water is appropriated lawfully, as provided. Under existing law, the diversion or use of water other than as authorized by specified provisions of law is a trespass, subject to specified civil liability.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/06/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB389 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB389 Allen et al. Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• SB 389 Allen Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 58–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 899.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1168.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1359.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-15 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 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
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-31 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2930.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2632.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 486, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fc45b9c-3fe2-48f2-9c0b-c78d50d712c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).