California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2874 — Groundwater sustainability agencies: fees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2016.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2016. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as prescribed. The act authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees, including, but not limited to, permit fees and fees on groundwater extraction or other regulated activity, to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program. This bill would require a groundwater sustainability agency, before imposing or increasing a fee pursuant to this authority relating to a groundwater basin that includes a water corporation regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, to notify the Public Utilities Commission.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5640.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4652.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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

  10. 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.

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

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

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4688.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  15. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27).

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  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. Read first time.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  22. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2874 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66004
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Kim — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Dababneh — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Consent Calendar 2nd AB2874 Beth Gaines

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 3000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
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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AB 2874 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Burke — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 19001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Weber — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13001
Republican 1000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Williams — Yea
Salas — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Medina — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2874 do?
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as prescribed. The act authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees, including, but not limited to, permit fees and fees on groundwater extraction or other regulated activity, to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program. This bill would require a groundwater sustainability agency, before imposing or increasing a fee pursuant to this authority relating to a groundwater basin that includes a water corporation regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, to notify the Public Utilities Commission.
Who sponsors AB 2874?
AB 2874 is sponsored by Beth Gaines.
What is the current status of AB 2874?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2016. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2874?
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