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type: "Bill"
title: "Public water systems."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Department of Public Health to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adoption of enforcement regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of water in domestic water supplies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 938"
citation: "California AB 938 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public water systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa52dd6-65de-4082-b29d-c0c436cb70d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938"
source_hash: "b7f3768312f34f95722b6e036c70813dd25fdcb10ab3cc88e0fd796f2a17bc2d"
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 938 (20112012) — Public water systems.
(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Department of Public Health to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adoption of enforcement regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of water in domestic water supplies.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93899INT)
2. **04/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93898AMD)
3. **05/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93897AMD)
4. **07/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93896AMD)
5. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93895AMD)
6. **08/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93894AMD)
7. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93892CHP)
8. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938)
9. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB938&version=20110AB93893ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 938 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **5326** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB938 V. Manuel Pérez By Wolk — **298** (pass) · upper
- AB 938 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5522** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **63** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 1635.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2131.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 2845.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fa52dd6-65de-4082-b29d-c0c436cb70d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).