California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 49 — Water conservation: urban and agricultural water management planning.

Last action — Conference committee report pending.

  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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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. This bill would require the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. The state would be required to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing per capita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. The bill would require each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require agricultural water suppliers to implement efficient water management practices. The bill would require the department, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a single standardized water use reporting form. The bill, with certain exceptions, would condition eligibility for certain water management grants or loans to urban water suppliers, beginning July 1, 2016, and agricultural water suppliers, beginning July 1, 2013, on the implementation of water conservation requirements established by the bill. The bill would repeal on July 1, 2016, an existing requirement that conditions eligibility for certain water management grants or loans to an urban water supplier on the implementation of certain water demand management measures. (2) Existing law, 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 existing law relating to agricultural water management planning to require agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt agricultural water management plans with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and update those plans on or before December 31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every 5 years thereafter. An agricultural water supplier that becomes an agricultural water supplier after December 31, 2012, would be required to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan within one year after becoming an agricultural water supplier. The agricultural water supplier would be required to notify each city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies with regard to the preparation or review of the plan. The bill would require the agricultural water supplier to submit copies of the plan 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. (3) The provisions of the bill would only become operative if AB 39, SB 12, SB 229, and SB 458 of the 2009–10 Regular Session of the Legislature, relating to water use and resource management, are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2010.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Conference committee report pending.

  2. Died on inactive file.

  3. To inactive file by unanimous consent.

  4. Stricken from Senate file.

  5. Assembly (Ayes 4 (Bass, Huffman, Caballero, Solorio) Noes 0). Senate (Ayes 4 (Steinberg, Florez, Padilla, Pavley) Noes 0). To print.

  6. From Conference Committee: proposed conference committee report be adopted.

  7. Senate appoints conference committee: Senators Steinberg, Aanestad, Cogdill, Florez, Huff, Padilla, and Pavley.

  8. Assembly appoints conference committee: Assembly Members Bass, Caballero, Fuller, Huffman, Jeffries, Nielsen, and Solorio.

  9. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 2005.)

  10. Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29.5 suspended in the Senate.

  11. (Ayes 58. Noes 0. Page 2827.)

  12. Joint Rules 28, 28.1, 29, and 29.5 suspended in the Assembly.

  13. Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 66. Page 2538.)

  14. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  15. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1701.)

  16. Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 6).

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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

  23. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 30. Page 2068.)

  24. Read second time. To third reading.

  25. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  27. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  28. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 14).

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

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

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

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.

  33. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Feuer · Primary
  • Huffman · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Feuer

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Huffman

Not signed on (120)

120 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

AB 49 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Failed 1 Yea · 77 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171013
Democratic 0300
Republican 0300
Total 177013
% of votes cast 1%85%0%14%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
La — Nay
Carter — Nay
Chesbro — Nay
Huffman — Yea
Cook — Nay
Tom — Nay
Charles — Nay
Beall — Nay
Eng — Not Voting
Evans — Nay
Yamada — Not Voting
Fletcher — Nay
Fong — Nay
Bonnie — Nay
Lowenthal — Nay
V. — Nay
Manuel — Nay
Perez — Nay
John — Nay
A. — Nay
Perez — Nay
Portantino — Nay
Salas — Nay
Audra — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
DeVore — Nay
Bill — Not Voting
Feuer — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Furutani — Nay
Saldana — Not Voting
Duvall — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Hall — Nay
Bass — Nay
Block — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Hernandez — Nay
Hill — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Not Voting
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nava — Nay
Nestande — Not Voting
Ruskin — Nay
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Nay
Torlakson — Nay
Torrico — Nay
Tran — Nay
De — Nay
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Nay
Anderson — Not Voting
Blakeslee — Nay
Blumenfield — Nay
Brownley — Nay
Buchanan — Not Voting
Hayashi — Nay
Huber — Nay
Krekorian — Not Voting
Ma — Nay
Monning — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Nay
Torres — Nay
Villines — Not Voting
Torre — Nay
De — Nay
Leon — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Coto — Nay
Davis — Nay
Fuentes — Nay
Galgiani — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB49 Feuer By Pavley

Passed 21 Yea · 13 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191207
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 211307
% of votes cast 51%32%0%17%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Florez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Runner — Nay
Negrete — Not Voting
Cogdill — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Huff — Nay
McLeod — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Nay
Cox — Nay
Ducheny — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Not Voting
Oropeza — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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AB 49 FEUER Assembly Third Reading

Passed 49 Yea · 35 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 483206
Republican 1200
Democratic 0102
Total 493508
% of votes cast 53%38%0%9%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Bill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
V. — Nay
Manuel — Nay
Perez — Nay
Audra — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Nay
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Miller — Not Voting
Villines — Nay
Adams — Nay
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Nay
Carter — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Coto — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Not Voting
Gilmore — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 16 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15500
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 16600
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Nay
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Miller — Nay
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8502
Democratic 2000
Total 10502
% of votes cast 59%29%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Krekorian — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Tom — Nay
Berryhill — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Chesbro — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 49 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. This bill would require the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. The state would be required to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing per capita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. The bill would require each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require agricultural water suppliers to implement efficient water management practices. The bill would require the department, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a single standardized water use reporting form. The bill, with certain exceptions, would condition eligibility for certain water management grants or loans to urban water suppliers, beginning July 1, 2016, and agricultural water suppliers, beginning July 1, 2013, on the implementation of water conservation requirements established by the bill. The bill would repeal on July 1, 2016, an existing requirement that conditions eligibility for certain water management grants or loans to an urban water supplier on the implementation of certain water demand management measures. (2) Existing law, 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 existing law relating to agricultural water management planning to require agricultural water suppliers to prepare and adopt agricultural water management plans with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and update those plans on or before December 31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every 5 years thereafter. An agricultural water supplier that becomes an agricultural water supplier after December 31, 2012, would be required to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan within one year after becoming an agricultural water supplier. The agricultural water supplier would be required to notify each city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies with regard to the preparation or review of the plan. The bill would require the agricultural water supplier to submit copies of the plan 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. (3) The provisions of the bill would only become operative if AB 39, SB 12, SB 229, and SB 458 of the 2009–10 Regular Session of the Legislature, relating to water use and resource management, are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2010.
Who sponsors AB 49?
AB 49 is sponsored by Feuer and Huffman.
What is the current status of AB 49?
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 49?
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