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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Open and Transparent Water Data Act."
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description: "Existing law imposes on the Department of Water Resources various duties with respect to water in the state. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law regulates water transfers and authorizes a permittee or licensee to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights if certain conditions are met."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1755"
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citation: "California AB 1755 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["The Open and Transparent Water Data Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-02-02"
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last_action: "2016-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ba2e52d-47a7-4236-ab5d-625c84af954a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755"
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source_hash: "04597865737c5bacba8ab57a38cf8737e5b0048daa0681a27257bb329523fde9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1755 (20152016) — The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.
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Existing law imposes on the Department of Water Resources various duties with respect to water in the state. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board administers a water rights program pursuant to which the state board grants permits and licenses to appropriate water. Existing law regulates water transfers and authorizes a permittee or licensee to change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights if certain conditions are met.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/02/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175599INT)
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2. **03/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175598AMD)
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3. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175597AMD)
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4. **05/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175596AMD)
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5. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175595AMD)
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6. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175594AMD)
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7. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175592CHP)
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8. **AB1755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755)
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9. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1755&version=20150AB175593ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1755 Dodd By Pavley — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1755 DODD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1755 DODD Assembly Third Reading — **75–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-02** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4943.)
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- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 5022.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-11** In committee: Held under submission.
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- **2016-08-17** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-08-17** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2016-08-17** (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5065.)
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- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5227.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6288.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ba2e52d-47a7-4236-ab5d-625c84af954a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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