California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 307 — Water conveyance: use of facility with unused capacity.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2019.

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  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 15, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · 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.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law prohibits the state or a regional or local public agency from denying a bona fide transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity for the period of time for which that capacity is available, if fair compensation is paid for that use and other requirements are met. This bill would, notwithstanding that provision, prohibit a transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity to transfer water from a groundwater basin underlying desert lands, as defined, that is in the vicinity of specified federal lands or state lands to outside of the groundwater basin unless the State Lands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources, finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal or state lands, as provided. The bill would require a transferor of water to submit an application to the commission before using a water conveyance facility pursuant to these provisions. The bill would require, if the commission finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal and state lands, the transferor of water to annually report to the commission on the condition of the groundwater basin.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 2622.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 2621.)

  7. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2620.)

  8. Art. IV. Sec. 8(b)(1) of the Constitution dispensed with.

  9. Coauthors revised.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 10).

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Coauthors revised.

  14. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 1188.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1095.) (May 16).

  19. Set for hearing May 16.

  20. May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

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

  22. Set for hearing May 6.

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

  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 622.) (April 9).

  25. Set for hearing April 9.

  26. March 26 hearing postponed by committee.

  27. Set for hearing March 26.

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

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

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

Sponsors

  • Roth · Primary
  • Portantino · Cosponsor
  • Friedman · Cosponsor
  • Gloria · Cosponsor
  • Levine · Cosponsor
  • Nazarian · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin Allen · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor
  • Luz Rivas · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 113 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Roth

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (113)

113 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 113 →

"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

SB 307 Roth Senate Third Reading By FRIEDMAN

Passed 50 Yea · 24 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 311803
Democratic 19102
Republican 0500
Total 502405
% of votes cast 63%30%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Cooley — Yea
Smith — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Gray — Nay
Daly — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
Weber — Yea
Salas — Nay
Fong — Nay
Brough — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Frazier — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Diep — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse 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
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 5000
Unaffiliated 7402
Total 12402
% of votes cast 67%22%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Fong — Nay
Brough — Nay
Diep — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Obernolte — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 7 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5102
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 7202
% of votes cast 64%18%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Friedman — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB307 Roth et al.

Passed 21 Yea · 11 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 7002
Unaffiliated 14904
Republican 0200
Total 211106
% of votes cast 55%29%0%16%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Galgiani — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Chang — Nay
Dodd — Not Voting
Rubio — Not Voting
Hueso — Not Voting
Bradford — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass

Passed 4 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Republican 0100
Total 4200
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 4001
Total 5001
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3002
Democratic 2001
Republican 0100
Total 5103
% of votes cast 56%11%0%33%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Allen — Yea
Monning — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Borgeas — Not Voting
Hueso — Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

environment agriculture
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 307 do?
Existing law prohibits the state or a regional or local public agency from denying a bona fide transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity for the period of time for which that capacity is available, if fair compensation is paid for that use and other requirements are met. This bill would, notwithstanding that provision, prohibit a transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity to transfer water from a groundwater basin underlying desert lands, as defined, that is in the vicinity of specified federal lands or state lands to outside of the groundwater basin unless the State Lands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources, finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal or state lands, as provided. The bill would require a transferor of water to submit an application to the commission before using a water conveyance facility pursuant to these provisions. The bill would require, if the commission finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal and state lands, the transferor of water to annually report to the commission on the condition of the groundwater basin.
Who sponsors SB 307?
SB 307 is sponsored by Roth, Portantino, Friedman, Gloria, Levine, Nazarian, Allen, Benjamin (Democratic), Mark Stone, and Luz Rivas.
What is the current status of SB 307?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 15, 2019. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 307?
Track SB 307 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 307

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 307

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →