California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 1668 — Water management planning.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · 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.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, as specified. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, in coordination with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt long-term standards for the efficient use of water, as provided, and performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water use on or before June 30, 2022. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the board, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and make recommendations, no later than October 1, 2021, for purposes of these standards and performance measures. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the board, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and would authorize the department and the board to jointly recommend to the Legislature a standard for indoor residential water use. The bill, until January 1, 2025, would establish 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, beginning January 1, 2025, would establish the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, would establish the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. The bill would impose civil liability for a violation of an order or regulation issued pursuant to these provisions, as specified. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the board, to propose to the Governor and the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, recommendations and guidance relating to the development and implementation of countywide drought and water shortage contingency plans to address the planning needs of small water suppliers and rural communities, as provided. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the board and other relevant state and local agencies and stakeholders, to use available data to identify small water suppliers and rural communities that may be at risk of drought and water shortage vulnerability, no later than January 1, 2020, and would require the department to notify counties and groundwater sustainability agencies of those suppliers or communities. (2) Existing law establishes procedures for reconsideration and amendment of specified decisions and orders of the board. Existing law authorizes any party aggrieved by a specified decision or order of the board to file, not later than 30 days from the date of final board action, a petition for writ of mandate for judicial review of the decision or order. This bill would apply these procedures to decisions and orders of the board issued pursuant to the provisions described in paragraph (1) , including existing provisions and those added by this bill. (3) Existing law requires an agricultural water supplier to submit an annual report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate delivery data using best professional practices. This bill would require the annual report for the prior year to be submitted to the department by April 1 of each year, as provided, and to be organized by groundwater basin or subbasin within the service area of the agricultural water supplier, if applicable. (4) Existing law requires an agricultural water supplier to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and to update those plans on or before December 31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every 5 years thereafter. Existing law requires the agricultural water supplier to submit copies of its plan to specified entities no later than 30 days after the adoption of the plan, and requires the department to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before December 31 in the years ending in 6 and one, a report summarizing the status of the plans. This bill would revise the components of the plan and additionally require a plan to include an annual water budget based on the quantification of all inflow and outflow components for the service area of the agricultural water supplier and a drought plan describing the actions of the agricultural water supplier for drought preparedness and management of water supplies and allocations during drought conditions. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to update its agricultural water management plan on or before April 1, 2021, and thereafter on or before April 1 in the years ending in 6 and one. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit its plan to the department no later than 30 days after the adoption of the plan. The bill would require the department to review an agricultural water management plan and notify an agricultural water supplier if the department determines that it is noncompliant, as provided. The bill would authorize the department, if it has not received a plan or determined that the plan submitted is noncompliant, to contract with certain entities to prepare or complete a plan on behalf of the agricultural water supplier. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit copies of its plan to specified entities no later than 30 days after the department's review of the plan. The bill would require the department to submit its report summarizing the status of the plans to the Legislature on or before April 30 in the years ending in 7 and 2. (5) This bill would make its operation contingent on the enactment of SB 606 of the 2017–18 Regular Session.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2018.

  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 45. Noes 26. Page 5200.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4139.).

  7. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4116.)

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Withdrawn from committee.

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

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

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 15). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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

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

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2294.)

  17. 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.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  20. Withdrawn from committee.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Withdrawn from committee.

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

  24. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  25. Withdrawn from committee.

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

  27. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11).

  28. 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.

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

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

  31. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 25. Page 1930.)

  32. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  33. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 26).

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

  35. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

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

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

  40. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Friedman

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB1668 Friedman et al. By Hertzberg

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201301
Democratic 4100
Total 241401
% of votes cast 62%36%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Newman — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Hueso — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — 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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AB 1668 FRIEDMAN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 44 Yea · 25 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 331806
Democratic 11302
Republican 0403
Total 4425011
% of votes cast 55%31%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Medina — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gray — Nay
Frazier — Not Voting
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Baker — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1668 do?
(1) Existing law requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, as specified. This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, in coordination with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt long-term standards for the efficient use of water, as provided, and performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water use on or before June 30, 2022. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the board, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and make recommendations, no later than October 1, 2021, for purposes of these standards and performance measures. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the board, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and would authorize the department and the board to jointly recommend to the Legislature a standard for indoor residential water use. The bill, until January 1, 2025, would establish 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, beginning January 1, 2025, would establish the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, would establish the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. The bill would impose civil liability for a violation of an order or regulation issued pursuant to these provisions, as specified. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the board, to propose to the Governor and the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, recommendations and guidance relating to the development and implementation of countywide drought and water shortage contingency plans to address the planning needs of small water suppliers and rural communities, as provided. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the board and other relevant state and local agencies and stakeholders, to use available data to identify small water suppliers and rural communities that may be at risk of drought and water shortage vulnerability, no later than January 1, 2020, and would require the department to notify counties and groundwater sustainability agencies of those suppliers or communities. (2) Existing law establishes procedures for reconsideration and amendment of specified decisions and orders of the board. Existing law authorizes any party aggrieved by a specified decision or order of the board to file, not later than 30 days from the date of final board action, a petition for writ of mandate for judicial review of the decision or order. This bill would apply these procedures to decisions and orders of the board issued pursuant to the provisions described in paragraph (1) , including existing provisions and those added by this bill. (3) Existing law requires an agricultural water supplier to submit an annual report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate delivery data using best professional practices. This bill would require the annual report for the prior year to be submitted to the department by April 1 of each year, as provided, and to be organized by groundwater basin or subbasin within the service area of the agricultural water supplier, if applicable. (4) Existing law requires an agricultural water supplier to prepare and adopt an agricultural water management plan with specified components on or before December 31, 2012, and to update those plans on or before December 31, 2015, and on or before December 31 every 5 years thereafter. Existing law requires the agricultural water supplier to submit copies of its plan to specified entities no later than 30 days after the adoption of the plan, and requires the department to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before December 31 in the years ending in 6 and one, a report summarizing the status of the plans. This bill would revise the components of the plan and additionally require a plan to include an annual water budget based on the quantification of all inflow and outflow components for the service area of the agricultural water supplier and a drought plan describing the actions of the agricultural water supplier for drought preparedness and management of water supplies and allocations during drought conditions. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to update its agricultural water management plan on or before April 1, 2021, and thereafter on or before April 1 in the years ending in 6 and one. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit its plan to the department no later than 30 days after the adoption of the plan. The bill would require the department to review an agricultural water management plan and notify an agricultural water supplier if the department determines that it is noncompliant, as provided. The bill would authorize the department, if it has not received a plan or determined that the plan submitted is noncompliant, to contract with certain entities to prepare or complete a plan on behalf of the agricultural water supplier. The bill would require an agricultural water supplier to submit copies of its plan to specified entities no later than 30 days after the department's review of the plan. The bill would require the department to submit its report summarizing the status of the plans to the Legislature on or before April 30 in the years ending in 7 and 2. (5) This bill would make its operation contingent on the enactment of SB 606 of the 2017–18 Regular Session.
Who sponsors AB 1668?
AB 1668 is sponsored by Friedman, Hertzberg, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 1668?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
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