California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 D cosponsors

AB 2776 — Transfers of water: agricultural use to municipal use.

Last action — From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes the transfer or exchange of certain water or water rights upon approval by the State Water Resources Control Board of a petition to transfer the water or water rights. Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources administers water supply contracts pursuant to which water suppliers (contractors) are supplied water from the State Water Resources Development System (State Water Project) , in accordance with the California Water Resources Development Bond Act and other provisions of law. This bill would prohibit the department, with respect to a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, and the state board, with respect to any other transfer of water or water rights, from approving the transfer of surface water or water rights, or a portion of a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, from agricultural use to municipal use for a period of 20 years or more, unless the water user provides to the department or the state board, as applicable, a written evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental effects of the transfer upon the service area from which the water is to be transferred. The bill would prohibit a water user from replacing specified surface water that is transferred from agricultural use to municipal use with groundwater, unless the groundwater basin of the service area from which the water is to be transferred is monitored and managed in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require the department and the state board to charge specified fees to a water user that is subject to these provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.

  3. In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

  4. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  5. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 4.) (June 29).

  6. 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.

  7. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  8. 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.

  9. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14).

  10. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  11. Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4943.)

  14. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  15. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21).

  16. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13).

  17. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.

  18. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended.

  19. Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee April 1.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Huffman · Primary
  • Pavley · Cosponsor
  • Wolk · Cosponsor
  • Joaquin Arambula · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Huffman

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do pass.

Failed 5 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5402
Total 5402
% of votes cast 45%36%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Nay
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Nay

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Do pass.

Failed 5 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5501
Total 5501
% of votes cast 45%45%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Leno — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Price — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Emmerson — Nay

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AB 2776 W., P.& W. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

Passed 85 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 81004
Democratic 2001
Republican 2001
Total 85006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huber — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Norby — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Audra — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Bonnie — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Yamada — Yea
Bass — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17000
Democratic 1000
Total 18000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Conway — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Charles — Yea
Miller — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14000
Democratic 2000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Fuller — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Salas — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

public-safety environment agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2776 do?
Existing law authorizes the transfer or exchange of certain water or water rights upon approval by the State Water Resources Control Board of a petition to transfer the water or water rights. Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources administers water supply contracts pursuant to which water suppliers (contractors) are supplied water from the State Water Resources Development System (State Water Project) , in accordance with the California Water Resources Development Bond Act and other provisions of law. This bill would prohibit the department, with respect to a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, and the state board, with respect to any other transfer of water or water rights, from approving the transfer of surface water or water rights, or a portion of a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, from agricultural use to municipal use for a period of 20 years or more, unless the water user provides to the department or the state board, as applicable, a written evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental effects of the transfer upon the service area from which the water is to be transferred. The bill would prohibit a water user from replacing specified surface water that is transferred from agricultural use to municipal use with groundwater, unless the groundwater basin of the service area from which the water is to be transferred is monitored and managed in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require the department and the state board to charge specified fees to a water user that is subject to these provisions.
Who sponsors AB 2776?
AB 2776 is sponsored by Huffman, Pavley, Wolk, and Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2776?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2776?
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