republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1823.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional water systems."
description: "Regional water systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1823"
citation: "California AB 1823 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional water systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2002-01-18"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0763adbe-eea9-4273-a3e3-02efe6cbdc54"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823"
source_hash: "e6541e33af6c2f24461f8f5e195a598130b26f41ab453701d685058e5fe25c62"
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 1823 (20012002) — Regional water systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182399INT)
2. **03/19/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182398AMD)
3. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182397AMD)
4. **05/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182396AMD)
5. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182395AMD)
6. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182394AMD)
7. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182393AMD)
8. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182392AMD)
9. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182390CHP)
10. **AB1823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823)
11. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1823&version=20010AB182391ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1823 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1823 Papan By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1823 Papan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — author (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 841, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8302.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5835.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6418.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Joint Rule 61(b)(5) suspended. (Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife).
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2002-01-18** 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/0763adbe-eea9-4273-a3e3-02efe6cbdc54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).