republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1147.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood control."
description: "Flood control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1147"
citation: "California AB 1147 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flood control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honda"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1cb523-7c5b-4933-a151-e4861d1ddd31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147"
source_hash: "4d4079c9cb42611df31927fb1c739da8bc4487ee4f7bd5d0c44e55dce028fd90"
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 AB 1147 (19992000) — Flood control.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114799INT)
2. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114798AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114797AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114796AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114795AMD)
6. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114794AMD)
7. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114792CHP)
8. **AB1147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1147&version=19990AB114793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1147 HONDA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1147 HONDA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1147 Honda By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honda — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — author (person)
- Havice — author (person)
- Johnston — principal coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — principal coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1071, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 26. Page 8940.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 7. Page 6397.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-26** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 2329.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d1cb523-7c5b-4933-a151-e4861d1ddd31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).