California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 252 — Water wells.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 538, Statutes of 2017.

  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 07, 2017. 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 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance. This bill, until January 30, 2020, would require a city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin, as defined, to request estimates of certain information from an applicant for a new well located within a critically overdrafted basin as part of an application for a well permit. The bill would require a city or county that receives an application for a well permit in a critically overdrafted basin to make the information about the new well included in the application for a well permit available to both the public and to groundwater sustainability agencies and easily accessible. The bill would authorize a city or county to issue a new well permit within a critically overdrafted basin when these requirements have been met. By increasing the duties of cities and counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 538, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2786.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 3170.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (August 30).

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

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

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 12).

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

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) (June 27).

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

  16. Referred to Coms. on W.,P., & W. and L. GOV.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1267.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (May 25).

  21. Set for hearing May 25.

  22. May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. Set for hearing May 15.

  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 4. Noes 2. Page 884.) (April 26).

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

  27. Set for hearing April 26.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

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

  30. Set for hearing March 28.

  31. March 14 hearing postponed by committee.

  32. Set for hearing March 14.

  33. Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F.

  34. Read first time.

  35. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.

  36. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Dodd · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Dodd

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Unfinished Business SB252 Dodd Concurrence

Passed 25 Yea · 14 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211301
Democratic 4100
Total 251401
% of votes cast 63%35%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Bates — Nay
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 252 Dodd Senate Third Reading By FRIEDMAN

Passed 46 Yea · 31 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 342202
Democratic 12300
Republican 0600
Total 463102
% of votes cast 58%39%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Kiley — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Chu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chau — Yea
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Gray — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Nay
Daly — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7402
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 10502
% of votes cast 59%29%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Gray — Nay
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

Official roll call →

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

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 3200
Republican 0100
Total 6300
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

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

Passed 9 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9400
Republican 0200
Total 9600
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Levine — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Nay
Gloria — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Rubio — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Salas — Nay
Chu — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 23 Yea · 14 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191303
Democratic 4100
Total 231403
% of votes cast 58%35%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Hernandez — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 252 do?
(1) Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a model water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance implementing certain standards for water well construction, maintenance, and abandonment and requires each county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, not later than January 15, 1990, to adopt a water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment ordinance that meets or exceeds certain standards. Under existing law, if a county, city, or water agency, where appropriate, fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and abandonment standards, the model ordinance adopted by the state board is required to take effect on February 15, 1990, and is required to be enforced by the county or city and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a county or city ordinance. This bill, until January 30, 2020, would require a city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin, as defined, to request estimates of certain information from an applicant for a new well located within a critically overdrafted basin as part of an application for a well permit. The bill would require a city or county that receives an application for a well permit in a critically overdrafted basin to make the information about the new well included in the application for a well permit available to both the public and to groundwater sustainability agencies and easily accessible. The bill would authorize a city or county to issue a new well permit within a critically overdrafted basin when these requirements have been met. By increasing the duties of cities and counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 252?
SB 252 is sponsored by Dodd.
What is the current status of SB 252?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 252?
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