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type: "Bill"
title: "Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power."
description: "Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 59"
citation: "California AB 59 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ReclamationDistrictNo108", "hydroelectricpower"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4df205-3f26-42c3-86bb-d07a51b39dfe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59"
source_hash: "fef4da6e066b83032e626cb22c591f4249af88559f2668f70bff2b7cc50797f0"
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 59 (20252026) — Reclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.
Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59&version=20250AB5999INT)
2. **03/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59&version=20250AB5998AMD)
3. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59&version=20250AB5997AMD)
4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59&version=20250AB5995CHP)
5. **AB59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59)
6. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB59&version=20250AB5996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB59 Aguiar-Curry By Cabaldon — **400** (pass) · upper
- AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **160** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2392.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2854.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c4df205-3f26-42c3-86bb-d07a51b39dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).