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Bill	Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.	Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 59	California AB 59 (20252026)	bill	ReclamationDistrictNo108 hydroelectricpower	enacted	Aguiar-Curry	6	20	6	2024-12-02	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2c4df205-3f26-42c3-86bb-d07a51b39dfe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59	fef4da6e066b83032e626cb22c591f4249af88559f2668f70bff2b7cc50797f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 59 (20252026) — Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.

Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB59 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB59 Aguiar-Curry By Cabaldon — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C. referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2392.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2854.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c4df205-3f26-42c3-86bb-d07a51b39dfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).