California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 555 — Urban retail water suppliers: water loss management.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020, and requires the state to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing per capita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specified requirements. This bill would require each urban retail water supplier, on or before October 1, 2017, and on or before October 1 of each year thereafter, to submit a completed and validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or previous fiscal year as prescribed by rules adopted by the Department of Water Resources on or before January 1, 2017, and updated as provided. The bill would require the department to post all validated water loss audit reports on its Internet Web site in a manner that allows for comparisons across water suppliers and to make these reports available for public viewing. This bill would require the department to provide technical assistance to guide urban retail water suppliers' water loss detection programs. The bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, no earlier than January 1, 2019, and no later than July 1, 2020, to adopt rules requiring urban retail water suppliers to meet performance standards for the volume of water losses. This bill would require the board to contribute up to $400,000 using funds available for the 2016–17 fiscal year towards procuring water loss audit report validation assistance for urban retail water suppliers.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2500.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 2853.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 27).

  11. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (July 14).

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

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

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1206.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1156.) (May 28).

  21. Set for hearing May 28.

  22. April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. Set for hearing April 27.

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

  25. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 593.) (April 14).

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

  27. Set for hearing April 14.

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

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.

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

Sponsors

  • Chu · Cosponsor
  • Pavley · Cosponsor
  • Rendon · Cosponsor
  • Wolk · Primary
  • Benjamin Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wolk

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB555 Wolk Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 555 Wolk Senate Third Reading By CHU

Passed 71 Yea · 5 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64403
Democratic 4000
Republican 3101
Total 71504
% of votes cast 89%6%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chu — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Hadley — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10201
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 12401
% of votes cast 71%24%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Holden — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10301
Republican 0001
Total 10302
% of votes cast 67%20%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Lopez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading

Passed 36 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33202
Democratic 3000
Total 36202
% of votes cast 90%5%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
De León — Yea
Leno — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hueso — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 555 do?
Existing law requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020, and requires the state to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing per capita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specified requirements. This bill would require each urban retail water supplier, on or before October 1, 2017, and on or before October 1 of each year thereafter, to submit a completed and validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or previous fiscal year as prescribed by rules adopted by the Department of Water Resources on or before January 1, 2017, and updated as provided. The bill would require the department to post all validated water loss audit reports on its Internet Web site in a manner that allows for comparisons across water suppliers and to make these reports available for public viewing. This bill would require the department to provide technical assistance to guide urban retail water suppliers' water loss detection programs. The bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, no earlier than January 1, 2019, and no later than July 1, 2020, to adopt rules requiring urban retail water suppliers to meet performance standards for the volume of water losses. This bill would require the board to contribute up to $400,000 using funds available for the 2016–17 fiscal year towards procuring water loss audit report validation assistance for urban retail water suppliers.
Who sponsors SB 555?
SB 555 is sponsored by Chu, Pavley, Rendon, Wolk, and Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 555?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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