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Bill	Water: inspection: administrative procedure: notice: service.	(1) Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to investigate all streams, stream systems, lakes, or other bodies of water, take testimony relating to the rights to water or the use of water, and ascertain whether water filed upon or attempted to be appropriated is appropriated under the laws of the state. Existing law requires the board to take all appropriate proceedings or actions to prevent waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion of water in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 756	California SB 756 (20232024)	bill	Water administrative procedure inspection notice service	enacted	Laird	6	27	7	2023-02-17	2023-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/69c741e9-e3dc-4f7f-b63e-816f1eec7773	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB756	8d0960eed8f9a39d0ec5815b4d2625d6e4621a5480a63f8b09c1311409195464	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 756 (20232024) — Water: inspection: administrative procedure: notice: service.

(1) Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to investigate all streams, stream systems, lakes, or other bodies of water, take testimony relating to the rights to water or the use of water, and ascertain whether water filed upon or attempted to be appropriated is appropriated under the laws of the state. Existing law requires the board to take all appropriate proceedings or actions to prevent waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion of water in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/15/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB756 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 756 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 658.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 800.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-15 Ordered to second reading.
• 2023-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1215.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2743.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2023-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 158, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69c741e9-e3dc-4f7f-b63e-816f1eec7773. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).