California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 574 — Potable reuse.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 528, Statutes of 2017.

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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 14, 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 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards as the principal state agencies with authority over matters relating to water quality. Existing law required the State Department of Public Health to, on or before December 31, 2013, adopt uniform water recycling criteria for indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge. Existing law also required the department to develop and adopt uniform water recycling criteria for surface water augmentation, as defined, by December 31, 2016, if a specified expert panel found that the criteria would adequately protect public health, and required the department to investigate the feasibility of developing uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse and to provide a final report on that investigation to the Legislature by December 31, 2016. Existing law defined the terms "direct potable reuse" and "surface water augmentation" for these purposes. Existing law transferred these powers and responsibilities to the State Water Resources Control Board on July 1, 2014. This bill would specify that "direct potable reuse" includes "raw water augmentation" and "treated drinking water augmentation." The bill would change the term "surface water augmentation" to "reservoir water augmentation" and would redefine that term to mean the planned placement of recycled water into a raw surface water reservoir used as a source of domestic drinking water supply for a public water system or into a constructed system conveying water to such a reservoir. This bill would require the state board, on or before December 31, 2023, to adopt uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse through raw water augmentation, as specified. The bill would require the state board to establish and administer an expert review panel, as specified, and would require the state board, before adopting the uniform water recycling criteria, to submit the proposed criteria to the expert review panel. The bill would prohibit the state board from adopting the uniform water recycling criteria until the expert review panel adopts a finding that the proposed criteria would adequately protect public health. The bill would allow the state board to extend the date by which the uniform water recycling criteria is to be adopted if certain criteria is met. The bill would authorize the state board, after it has adopted the initial uniform water recycling criteria, to reconvene or reestablish the expert review panel. This bill would make certain findings and declarations relating to potable reuse, including a finding that the state board, on or before June 1, 2018, should establish a framework for the regulation of potable reuse projects.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 528, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3107.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2513.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Withdrawn from committee.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5).

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

  16. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W.

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

  19. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1822.)

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

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

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W.

  27. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended.

  29. Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W.,P., & W.

  30. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  31. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Quirk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Quirk

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 574 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57001
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 78001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Salas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Chu — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
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 Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB574 Quirk By Hertzberg

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 574 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55002
Democratic 16000
Republican 6001
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Baker — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
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 Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Friedman — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Mathis — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Chu — Yea
Harper — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Levine — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 574 do?
Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards as the principal state agencies with authority over matters relating to water quality. Existing law required the State Department of Public Health to, on or before December 31, 2013, adopt uniform water recycling criteria for indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge. Existing law also required the department to develop and adopt uniform water recycling criteria for surface water augmentation, as defined, by December 31, 2016, if a specified expert panel found that the criteria would adequately protect public health, and required the department to investigate the feasibility of developing uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse and to provide a final report on that investigation to the Legislature by December 31, 2016. Existing law defined the terms "direct potable reuse" and "surface water augmentation" for these purposes. Existing law transferred these powers and responsibilities to the State Water Resources Control Board on July 1, 2014. This bill would specify that "direct potable reuse" includes "raw water augmentation" and "treated drinking water augmentation." The bill would change the term "surface water augmentation" to "reservoir water augmentation" and would redefine that term to mean the planned placement of recycled water into a raw surface water reservoir used as a source of domestic drinking water supply for a public water system or into a constructed system conveying water to such a reservoir. This bill would require the state board, on or before December 31, 2023, to adopt uniform water recycling criteria for direct potable reuse through raw water augmentation, as specified. The bill would require the state board to establish and administer an expert review panel, as specified, and would require the state board, before adopting the uniform water recycling criteria, to submit the proposed criteria to the expert review panel. The bill would prohibit the state board from adopting the uniform water recycling criteria until the expert review panel adopts a finding that the proposed criteria would adequately protect public health. The bill would allow the state board to extend the date by which the uniform water recycling criteria is to be adopted if certain criteria is met. The bill would authorize the state board, after it has adopted the initial uniform water recycling criteria, to reconvene or reestablish the expert review panel. This bill would make certain findings and declarations relating to potable reuse, including a finding that the state board, on or before June 1, 2018, should establish a framework for the regulation of potable reuse projects.
Who sponsors AB 574?
AB 574 is sponsored by Quirk.
What is the current status of AB 574?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2017. Enacted.
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