republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-118.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund."
description: "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. The department's duties include, but are 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, adopting and enforcing regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of water in domestic water supplies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 118"
citation: "California AB 118 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-01-14"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b1f525-8f7b-4ef1-a088-636fc4b49107"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118"
source_hash: "f5c1904dddbfbcae3138d15188fa7b18bdb1bc8865c1df6078ee90a21907f1c0"
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 118 (20132014) — Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

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. The department's duties include, but are 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, adopting and enforcing 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. **01/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118&version=20130AB11899INT)
2. **06/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118&version=20130AB11898AMD)
3. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118&version=20130AB11896CHP)
4. **AB118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118)
5. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB118&version=20130AB11897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #10 AB118 Committee on E.S. & T.M.(Alejo) By Monning — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 118 E.S. & T.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ALEJO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 118 E.S. & T.M. Assembly Third Reading By ALEJO — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials — primary (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2013-01-18** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1661.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2403.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3326.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70b1f525-8f7b-4ef1-a088-636fc4b49107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).