republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-559.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Joaquin River Conservancy: governing board."
description: "Existing law establishes the San Joaquin River Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency to acquire and manage public lands within the San Joaquin River Parkway, which consists of the San Joaquin River and specified lands on both sides of the San Joaquin River. Existing law requires that the governing board of the conservancy consist of 15 voting members, as prescribed, including, among others, the Chairpersons of the Board of Directors of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District and the Madera Irrigation District, or their designees, and one resident of Fresno County and one resident of Madera County appointed by the Governor from a list of candidates provided by the boards of supervisors of these counties, respectively. Existing law requires the boards of supervisors of these counties to develop their lists from a list submitted by environmental organizations and property owners of their counties pursuant to a rotating appointment qualification requirement, as specified. Existing law requires the office of the chairperson of the governing board of the conservancy to rotate every 2 years among the Mayor or designated council member of the City of Fresno, the member of the Board of Supervisors of Madera County, and the member of the Board of Supervisors of Fresno County. Existing law subjects the meetings of the governing board of the conservancy to the Ralph M. Brown Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 559"
citation: "California AB 559 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Joaquin River Conservancy: governing board."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666e7695-8c1c-4fdd-a5de-1df3494c83e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559"
source_hash: "d6a50fcfc130075d12893200a0e90a5cf220fa19d242dbbdab9d3dc653a44e48"
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 559 (20212022) — San Joaquin River Conservancy: governing board.

Existing law establishes the San Joaquin River Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency to acquire and manage public lands within the San Joaquin River Parkway, which consists of the San Joaquin River and specified lands on both sides of the San Joaquin River. Existing law requires that the governing board of the conservancy consist of 15 voting members, as prescribed, including, among others, the Chairpersons of the Board of Directors of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District and the Madera Irrigation District, or their designees, and one resident of Fresno County and one resident of Madera County appointed by the Governor from a list of candidates provided by the boards of supervisors of these counties, respectively. Existing law requires the boards of supervisors of these counties to develop their lists from a list submitted by environmental organizations and property owners of their counties pursuant to a rotating appointment qualification requirement, as specified. Existing law requires the office of the chairperson of the governing board of the conservancy to rotate every 2 years among the Mayor or designated council member of the City of Fresno, the member of the Board of Supervisors of Madera County, and the member of the Board of Supervisors of Fresno County. Existing law subjects the meetings of the governing board of the conservancy to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55999INT)
2. **03/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55998AMD)
3. **04/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55997AMD)
4. **07/12/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55996AMD)
5. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55994CHP)
6. **AB559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559)
7. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB559&version=20210AB55995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 559 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–15** (pass) · lower
- AB 559 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB559 Arambula By Caballero — **29–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1588.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-23** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2295.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 15. Page 2728.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 171, 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/666e7695-8c1c-4fdd-a5de-1df3494c83e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).