republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-440.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use."
description: "Existing law prohibits recreational use involving bodily contact with the water in Bear Lake Reservoir unless certain conditions are satisfied, including that the water subsequently receives complete water treatment, bodily contact is allowed for no more than 4 months each year, and the Lake Alpine Water Company conducts a monitoring program, as specified, at the reservoir intake and at posttreatment at a frequency determined by the State Water Resources Control Board, but at a minimum of 3 times during the period when bodily contact is allowed. Existing law requires the Lake Alpine Water Company, on or before December 31, 2017, and biennially thereafter, to file with the Legislature a report on the recreational uses at Bear Lake Reservoir and the water treatment program for that reservoir. Existing law provides that, upon a finding of noncompliance, the Lake Alpine Water Company could be subject to suspension, amendment, or revocation of any permit issued pursuant to specified provisions, and that failure to comply with these provisions would be deemed a violation subject to specified fines, penalties, or other enforcement actions. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 440"
citation: "California AB 440 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29aca57f-2c6c-4512-b131-e4766316085f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440"
source_hash: "aa60094a9e1249ac77e522ce3e9470e0a723a4beb275cad33d3ceaaa1353ac69"
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 440 (20212022) — Bear Lake Reservoir: recreational use.

Existing law prohibits recreational use involving bodily contact with the water in Bear Lake Reservoir unless certain conditions are satisfied, including that the water subsequently receives complete water treatment, bodily contact is allowed for no more than 4 months each year, and the Lake Alpine Water Company conducts a monitoring program, as specified, at the reservoir intake and at posttreatment at a frequency determined by the State Water Resources Control Board, but at a minimum of 3 times during the period when bodily contact is allowed. Existing law requires the Lake Alpine Water Company, on or before December 31, 2017, and biennially thereafter, to file with the Legislature a report on the recreational uses at Bear Lake Reservoir and the water treatment program for that reservoir. Existing law provides that, upon a finding of noncompliance, the Lake Alpine Water Company could be subject to suspension, amendment, or revocation of any permit issued pursuant to specified provisions, and that failure to comply with these provisions would be deemed a violation subject to specified fines, penalties, or other enforcement actions. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440&version=20210AB44099INT)
2. **03/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440&version=20210AB44098AMD)
3. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440&version=20210AB44096CHP)
4. **AB440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440)
5. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB440&version=20210AB44097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 440 Bigelow Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB440 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bigelow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1633.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29aca57f-2c6c-4512-b131-e4766316085f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).