republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-835.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy: watershed and open-space plan: report."
description: "The Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy Act establishes, in the Natural Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy, created for the purposes of, among other purposes, to acquire and manage public lands within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area, as defined. The act requires the conservancy to do certain things, including develop and adopt a proposed watershed and open-space plan for improvements in the conservancy territory. The act requires a report on the plan to be provided to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "California SB 835 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy", "report", "watershed and open-space plan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smallwood-Cuevas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a4b7e2-dc19-4dbf-8790-46974e4a149d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835"
source_hash: "8934ffb5dae0bac55d796c26141eaf38c521893aa184f1e4263197d89fe812c0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 835 (20232024) — Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy: watershed and open-space plan: report.

The Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy Act establishes, in the Natural Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy, created for the purposes of, among other purposes, to acquire and manage public lands within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area, as defined. The act requires the conservancy to do certain things, including develop and adopt a proposed watershed and open-space plan for improvements in the conservancy territory. The act requires a report on the plan to be provided to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835&version=20230SB83599INT)
2. **03/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835&version=20230SB83598AMD)
3. **07/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835&version=20230SB83596CHP)
4. **SB835** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835)
5. **06/30/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB835&version=20230SB83597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 835 Smallwood-Cuevas Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB835 Smallwood-Cuevas — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (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 Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 900.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1055.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 78, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a4b7e2-dc19-4dbf-8790-46974e4a149d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).