republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drought relief."
description: "(1) The California Constitution requires the reasonable and beneficial use of water. Under the public trust doctrine, the State Water Resources Control Board, among other state agencies, is required to take the public trust into account in the planning and allocation of water resources and to protect the public trust whenever feasible. Existing law establishes the Water Rights Fund, which consists of various fees and penalties. The moneys in the Water Rights Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the administration of the board's water rights program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "California SB 104 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Drought relief."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2014-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3fc196-62f8-47b0-9af8-fb7343847e25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104"
source_hash: "6a0bb8c53c0c64a1d40421ac97d5871c4d7d867367901937849ded5d7a71a693"
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 SB 104 (20132014) — Drought relief.

(1) The California Constitution requires the reasonable and beneficial use of water. Under the public trust doctrine, the State Water Resources Control Board, among other state agencies, is required to take the public trust into account in the planning and allocation of water resources and to protect the public trust whenever feasible. Existing law establishes the Water Rights Fund, which consists of various fees and penalties. The moneys in the Water Rights Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the administration of the board's water rights program.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104&version=20130SB10499INT)
2. **02/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104&version=20130SB10498AMD)
3. **02/26/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104&version=20130SB10497AMD)
4. **03/01/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104&version=20130SB10495CHP)
5. **SB104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104)
6. **02/27/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB104&version=20130SB10496ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE SB104 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 104 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB104 Committee on B. & F.R. — **24–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-10** (Corrected May 9).
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 900.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-29** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-02-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-02-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-02-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3968.)
- **2014-02-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 3970.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-02-27** In Senate.
- **2014-02-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2839.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-02-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2014-03-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-03-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f3fc196-62f8-47b0-9af8-fb7343847e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).