republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2267.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water rights."
description: "Water rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2267"
citation: "California AB 2267 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95a99d5-2306-45dc-95cd-88cdefe9ce75"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267"
source_hash: "db0cc33a62e7429910f316031e7b3cda204bde3532f223e3ac8a8611ec5b3b9e"
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 2267 (20012002) — Water rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226799INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226798AMD)
3. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226797AMD)
4. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226796AMD)
5. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226794CHP)
6. **AB2267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267)
7. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2267&version=20010AB226795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2267 Kelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2267 Kelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2267 Kelley By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 652, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** 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 57. Noes 18. Page 8332.) `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 24. Noes 12. Page 5840.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 6291.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/d95a99d5-2306-45dc-95cd-88cdefe9ce75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).