republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-763.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Water Resources Control Board: underground storage tanks."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of underground storage tanks by the State Water Resources Control Board. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, requires the board to conduct a loan and grant program to assist small businesses in upgrading, replacing, or removing tanks meeting applicable local, state, or federal standards (UST upgrade program) . Under existing law, the interest rate for loans is set at the rate earned by the Surplus Money Investment Fund at the time of the loan commitment. Existing law establishes the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Financing Account (financing account) and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, requires moneys in the account to be used by the board to make loans and grants for purposes of the UST upgrade program. Existing law requires interest earned from the investment of the moneys in the account to be deposited into a subaccount, available upon appropriation by the Legislature for administrative expenses of the board. Existing law requires the board annually to make available not more than 33% of the available funds from the account for the purposes of providing grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "California SB 763 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Water Resources Control Board: underground storage tanks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f52314d-00ac-4d3e-9a52-de9c6cbd73c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763"
source_hash: "94f587be8fb62284b15a0fd455214e401670d3b97f3be112f87af0583b51b816"
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 763 (20132014) — State Water Resources Control Board: underground storage tanks.

(1) Existing law provides for the regulation of underground storage tanks by the State Water Resources Control Board. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, requires the board to conduct a loan and grant program to assist small businesses in upgrading, replacing, or removing tanks meeting applicable local, state, or federal standards (UST upgrade program) . Under existing law, the interest rate for loans is set at the rate earned by the Surplus Money Investment Fund at the time of the loan commitment. Existing law establishes the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Financing Account (financing account) and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, requires moneys in the account to be used by the board to make loans and grants for purposes of the UST upgrade program. Existing law requires interest earned from the investment of the moneys in the account to be deposited into a subaccount, available upon appropriation by the Legislature for administrative expenses of the board. Existing law requires the board annually to make available not more than 33% of the available funds from the account for the purposes of providing grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76399INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76398AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76397AMD)
4. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76396AMD)
5. **08/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76395AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76394AMD)
7. **09/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76393AMD)
8. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76391CHP)
9. **SB763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763)
10. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB763&version=20130SB76392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 2 SB763 Fuller Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 763 Fuller Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 790.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1020.) (May 23). `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. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1108.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 2974.)
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2975.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-09-12** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3315.)
- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3319.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2440.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 640, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f52314d-00ac-4d3e-9a52-de9c6cbd73c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).