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

SB 261 — Water use: water management plans.

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

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to convene an independent technical panel to provide information to the department and the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies, and approaches. "Demand management measures" means those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of available supplies. Existing law requires urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt urban water management plans with specified components. This bill would require a retail urban water supplier, as defined, to develop and implement an urban water conservation plan, including prescribed components, or achieve high-efficiency water use, as defined. The bill would impose various requirements for the contents of these plans, and would require a retail urban water supplier to update its water conservation plan on a specified schedule. The retail urban water supplier or other specified entities acting on behalf of the retail urban water supplier, would be required to submit reports for purposes of determining progress towards achieving a prescribed water conservation goal. The bill would require specified competitive grant and loan programs to provide financial incentives to retail urban water suppliers to support water use efficiency and local water resources management measures. The bill also would require the board and the department, not later than April 1, 2010, to convene a task force to develop best management practices for commercial, industrial, and institutional water uses for the purpose of achieving a specified reduction in water use by 2020. (2) The Agricultural Water Management Planning Act, until January 1, 1993, and thereafter only as specified, requires certain agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt water management plans. This bill would substantially revise the act to require an agricultural water supplier, as defined, to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and update that plan every 5 years, as specified. An entity, as defined, that becomes an agricultural water supplier after December 31, 2012, would be required to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan within 2 years after becoming an agricultural water supplier. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit copies of the plan, or provide a specified written notice, to the department and other specified entities. The bill would provide that an agricultural water supplier is ineligible to receive specified state funds if the supplier does not prepare, adopt, and submit the plan in accordance with the requirements established by the bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Assembly without further action.

  2. From committee without further action.

  3. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  4. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  5. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. (Heard in committee on July 7.)

  7. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.)

  8. (Corrected July 2.)

  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.

  10. To Com. on W.,P. & W.

  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1189.) To Assembly.

  13. To Special Consent Calendar.

  14. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1069.)

  16. (Suspense - for vote only.)

  17. Set for hearing May 28.

  18. Placed on APPR suspense file.

  19. Set for hearing May 18.

  20. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 683.)

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  23. Set for hearing April 28.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. To Com. on RLS.

  27. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 27.

  28. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Calderon · Cosponsor
  • Arambula · Cosponsor
  • Correa · Cosponsor
  • Dutton · Primary
  • Ducheny · Cosponsor
  • Hollingsworth · Cosponsor
  • Stephen C. Padilla · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Dutton

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 10005
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Tom — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Bonnie — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blumenfield — Not Voting
Yamada — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea

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Special Consent #8 SB261 Dutton

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Harman — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Yea
Runner — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Yea
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Wyland — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 261 do?
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to convene an independent technical panel to provide information to the department and the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies, and approaches. "Demand management measures" means those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of available supplies. Existing law requires urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt urban water management plans with specified components. This bill would require a retail urban water supplier, as defined, to develop and implement an urban water conservation plan, including prescribed components, or achieve high-efficiency water use, as defined. The bill would impose various requirements for the contents of these plans, and would require a retail urban water supplier to update its water conservation plan on a specified schedule. The retail urban water supplier or other specified entities acting on behalf of the retail urban water supplier, would be required to submit reports for purposes of determining progress towards achieving a prescribed water conservation goal. The bill would require specified competitive grant and loan programs to provide financial incentives to retail urban water suppliers to support water use efficiency and local water resources management measures. The bill also would require the board and the department, not later than April 1, 2010, to convene a task force to develop best management practices for commercial, industrial, and institutional water uses for the purpose of achieving a specified reduction in water use by 2020. (2) The Agricultural Water Management Planning Act, until January 1, 1993, and thereafter only as specified, requires certain agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt water management plans. This bill would substantially revise the act to require an agricultural water supplier, as defined, to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and update that plan every 5 years, as specified. An entity, as defined, that becomes an agricultural water supplier after December 31, 2012, would be required to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan within 2 years after becoming an agricultural water supplier. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit copies of the plan, or provide a specified written notice, to the department and other specified entities. The bill would provide that an agricultural water supplier is ineligible to receive specified state funds if the supplier does not prepare, adopt, and submit the plan in accordance with the requirements established by the bill.
Who sponsors SB 261?
SB 261 is sponsored by Calderon, Arambula, Correa, Dutton, Ducheny, Hollingsworth, and Padilla, Stephen C. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 261?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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 SB 261?
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