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type: "Bill"
title: "California Water Commission: terms of office."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Water Commission in the Department of Water Resources. Under existing law, the commission consists of 9 members who are appointed to 4-year terms by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law requires the terms of the 7 members in office as of January 1, 1958, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1958, 2 members on January 15, 1959, 2 members on January 15, 1960, and 2 members on January 15, 1961. Existing law requires the terms of the 2 members added to the commission after January 1, 1959, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1962, and one member on January 15, 1963. Thereafter, the successors to the members of the commission are required to be appointed for terms of 4 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1260"
citation: "California AB 1260 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Water Commission: terms of office."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2643ba46-f829-46a0-9a53-05120874b395"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260"
source_hash: "02648ce77d175fd1f639903e9edd706b72e093e31c8a23014362e5e23d6b6582"
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 1260 (20092010) — California Water Commission: terms of office.
Existing law establishes the California Water Commission in the Department of Water Resources. Under existing law, the commission consists of 9 members who are appointed to 4-year terms by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law requires the terms of the 7 members in office as of January 1, 1958, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1958, 2 members on January 15, 1959, 2 members on January 15, 1960, and 2 members on January 15, 1961. Existing law requires the terms of the 2 members added to the commission after January 1, 1959, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1962, and one member on January 15, 1963. Thereafter, the successors to the members of the commission are required to be appointed for terms of 4 years.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126099INT)
2. **04/20/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126098AMD)
3. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126094AMD)
4. **08/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126093AMD)
5. **08/10/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126091CHP)
6. **08/27/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126097AMD)
7. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126096AMD)
8. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126095AMD)
9. **AB1260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260)
10. **08/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1260&version=20090AB126092ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1260 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1260 FULLER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1260 Fuller By Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fuller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 1352.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-07-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Page 2380.)
- **2009-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-09** Joint Rule 61(b)(13) suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4401.)
- **2010-08-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4400.)
- **2010-08-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 4406.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-09** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 6108.)
- **2010-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6108.)
- **2010-08-09** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 9). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6110.)
- **2010-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 26. Page 6112.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:40 p.m.
- **2010-08-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2010.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2643ba46-f829-46a0-9a53-05120874b395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).