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type: "Bill"
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title: "Determination of water rights: stream system."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to hold proceedings to determine all rights to water of a stream system whether based upon appropriation, riparian right, or other basis of right. Existing law provides various requirements for the board when determining adjudication of water rights, including, among other things, performing a detailed field investigation of a stream system, as defined, issuing an order of determination, providing notice and a hearing process, and filing a final order."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 697"
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citation: "California SB 697 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Determinationofwaterrights", "streamsystem"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8af15b80-4f2e-4276-a782-69192c4a56a5"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697"
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source_hash: "31fe87f0b6491a4668e8feca89dc55db9f242040846a3a0e1f2b9627339b2379"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 697 (20252026) — Determination of water rights: stream system.
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(1) Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to hold proceedings to determine all rights to water of a stream system whether based upon appropriation, riparian right, or other basis of right. Existing law provides various requirements for the board when determining adjudication of water rights, including, among other things, performing a detailed field investigation of a stream system, as defined, issuing an order of determination, providing notice and a hearing process, and filing a final order.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697&version=20250SB69799INT)
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2. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697&version=20250SB69798AMD)
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3. **07/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697&version=20250SB69797AMD)
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4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697&version=20250SB69795CHP)
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5. **SB697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697)
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6. **09/04/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB697&version=20250SB69796ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **29–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB697 Laird Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 697 Laird Senate Third Reading By Papan — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Set for hearing March 25.
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- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 532.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** May 5 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 2793.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2410.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 422, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8af15b80-4f2e-4276-a782-69192c4a56a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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