republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-399.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory: procedure."
description: "The County Water Authority Act provides for the formation of county water authorities and grants to those authorities specified powers with regards to providing water service. The act provides 2 methods of excluding territory from any county water authority, one of which is that a public agency whose corporate area as a unit is part of a county water authority may obtain exclusion of the area by submitting to the electors within the public agency, at any general or special election, the proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority. Existing law requires that, if a majority of the electors approve the proposition, specified actions take place to implement the exclusion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 399"
citation: "California AB 399 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Water Authority Act", "Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023", "exclusion of territory", "procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05dad271-29a7-4d30-bd9c-eed0c36bb2eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399"
source_hash: "6f86fad081e47ee172f99c1ce194c01f4ba95c390c94c94f39f72450f72229cd"
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 399 (20232024) — Water Ratepayers Protections Act of 2023: County Water Authority Act: exclusion of territory: procedure.

The County Water Authority Act provides for the formation of county water authorities and grants to those authorities specified powers with regards to providing water service. The act provides 2 methods of excluding territory from any county water authority, one of which is that a public agency whose corporate area as a unit is part of a county water authority may obtain exclusion of the area by submitting to the electors within the public agency, at any general or special election, the proposition of excluding the public agency's corporate area from the county water authority. Existing law requires that, if a majority of the electors approve the proposition, specified actions take place to implement the exclusion.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39999INT)
2. **06/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39998AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39997AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39996AMD)
5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39994CHP)
6. **AB399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399)
7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB399&version=20230AB39995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 399 Ting Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB399 Boerner By Blakespear — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 399 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–8** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boerner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-28** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2403.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 8. Page 3230.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05dad271-29a7-4d30-bd9c-eed0c36bb2eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).