republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-74.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood control: Middle Creek and Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Projects."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 74"
citation: "California AB 74 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flood control: Middle Creek and Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-12-16"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed2f6d8-663f-47a8-ad45-dd211ebe7fbf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74"
source_hash: "95a9fbdbec56cb2e057e3a8d2b58d6c7ad679e1084169963cc781467807e3e86"
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 74 (20092010) — Flood control: Middle Creek and Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Projects.

(1) Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7499INT)
2. **03/05/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7498AMD)
3. **04/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7497AMD)
4. **05/26/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7496AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7494CHP)
6. **AB74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74)
7. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB74&version=20090AB7495ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #19 AB74 Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 74 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-12-17** From printer. May be heard in committee January 16.
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-09** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2009-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-05-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2223.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed2f6d8-663f-47a8-ad45-dd211ebe7fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).