California 2009-2010, 7th Special Session Status: To Executive

SB 6 — Groundwater.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10 Seventh Extraordinary Session.

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

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Summary

(1) Existing law authorizes a local agency whose service area includes a groundwater basin that is not subject to groundwater management to adopt and implement a groundwater management plan pursuant to certain provisions of law. Existing law requires a groundwater management plan to include certain components to qualify as a plan for the purposes of those provisions, including a provision that establishes funding requirements for the construction of certain groundwater projects. This bill would establish a groundwater monitoring program pursuant to which specified entities, in accordance with prescribed procedures, may propose to be designated by the Department of Water Resources as groundwater monitoring entities, as defined, for the purposes of monitoring and reporting with regard to groundwater elevations in all or part of a basin or subbasin, as defined. The bill would require the department to work cooperatively with each monitoring entity to determine the manner in which groundwater elevation information should be reported to the department. The bill would authorize the department to make recommendations for improving an existing monitoring program, and to require additional monitoring wells under certain circumstances. Under certain circumstances, the department would be required to perform groundwater monitoring functions. In that event, prescribed entities with authority to assume groundwater monitoring functions with regard to a basin or subbasin for which the department has assumed those functions would not be eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state. (2) Existing law requires the department to conduct an investigation of the state's groundwater basins and to report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 1980. This bill would repeal that provision. The department would be required to conduct an investigation of the state's groundwater basins and to report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 2012, and thereafter in years ending in 5 or 0. (3) The bill would take effect only if SB 1 and SB 7 of the 2009–10 7th Extraordinary Session of the Legislature are enacted and become effective.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10 Seventh Extraordinary Session.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 34.) To enrollment.

  5. In Senate.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 38.) To Senate.

  7. Read third time. Amended. (Page 32.)

  8. Read second time.

  9. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 31.)

  10. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b), of Constitution dispensed with.

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

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 30.) To Assembly.

  13. (Ayes 21. Noes 0. Page 26.)

  14. Reconsideration granted.

  15. Motion to reconsider made by Senator Steinberg.

  16. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 16. Page 26.)

  17. Read third time. Amended. (Page 24.)

  18. Placed on third reading.

  19. Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 24.)

  20. Amended.

  21. Read second time.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 36.)

  23. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Page 24.)

  24. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

  25. Placed on third reading.

  26. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Page 12.)

  27. Amended. (Page 12.)

  28. Read second time.

  29. Placed on second reading file.

  30. Withdrawn from committee.

  31. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS.

Sponsors

  • Steinberg · Primary
  • Pavley · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Steinberg

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Pavley

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

W/O REF. TO FILE SB6 Steinberg Concurrence

Passed 23 Yea · 13 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211204
Democratic 2001
Republican 0100
Total 231305
% of votes cast 56%32%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Cogdill — Nay
Corbett — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Nay
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Yee — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Nay
Hollingsworth — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Not Voting
Benoit — Yea
Huff — Nay
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wolk — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Senate 3rd Reading SB6 Steinberg

Passed 22 Yea · 13 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191206
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 221306
% of votes cast 54%32%0%15%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Nay
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Nay
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Yee — Nay
Negrete — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hancock — Nay
Runner — Not Voting
Cogdill — Nay
Corbett — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Yea
Correa — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Aanestad — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Romero — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Nay
Wright — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Senate Third SB6 Steinberg Reconsider

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 200017
Democratic 2001
Republican 0001
Total 220019
% of votes cast 54%0%0%46%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Cogdill — Not Voting
Correa — Not Voting
Cox — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Not Voting
Florez — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Cedillo — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Corbett — Not Voting
Dutton — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Ashburn — Not Voting
Benoit — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Aanestad — Not Voting
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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SB6 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By HUFFMAN Seventh Extraordinary Session

Passed 51 Yea · 32 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 463106
Republican 2001
Democratic 3101
Total 513208
% of votes cast 56%35%0%9%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Chesbro — Nay
Emmerson — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Bass — Yea
Buchanan — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
Cook — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Hayashi — Nay
Huber — Nay
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Nay
Monning — Nay
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Nay
Skinner — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Nay
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Nay
Yamada — Nay
Bonnie — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Bill — Nay
Berryhill — Nay
Gaines — Nay
V. — Nay
Manuel — Nay
Perez — Nay
Tom — Not Voting
Berryhill — Not Voting
Charles — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Carter — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Coto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Adams — Yea
Beall — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Torlakson — Nay
Tran — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Senate Third SB6 Steinberg

Failed 20 Yea · 16 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171505
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 201605
% of votes cast 49%39%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Nay
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Nay
Denham — Nay
Yee — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Florez — Yea
Cogdill — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Ducheny — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Corbett — Nay
Correa — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Hancock — Not Voting
Harman — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Huff — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Nay
Aanestad — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Nay
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wright — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 31 Yea · 3 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27307
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 31307
% of votes cast 76%7%0%17%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Correa — Not Voting
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Corbett — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Florez — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 6 do?
(1) Existing law authorizes a local agency whose service area includes a groundwater basin that is not subject to groundwater management to adopt and implement a groundwater management plan pursuant to certain provisions of law. Existing law requires a groundwater management plan to include certain components to qualify as a plan for the purposes of those provisions, including a provision that establishes funding requirements for the construction of certain groundwater projects. This bill would establish a groundwater monitoring program pursuant to which specified entities, in accordance with prescribed procedures, may propose to be designated by the Department of Water Resources as groundwater monitoring entities, as defined, for the purposes of monitoring and reporting with regard to groundwater elevations in all or part of a basin or subbasin, as defined. The bill would require the department to work cooperatively with each monitoring entity to determine the manner in which groundwater elevation information should be reported to the department. The bill would authorize the department to make recommendations for improving an existing monitoring program, and to require additional monitoring wells under certain circumstances. Under certain circumstances, the department would be required to perform groundwater monitoring functions. In that event, prescribed entities with authority to assume groundwater monitoring functions with regard to a basin or subbasin for which the department has assumed those functions would not be eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state. (2) Existing law requires the department to conduct an investigation of the state's groundwater basins and to report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 1980. This bill would repeal that provision. The department would be required to conduct an investigation of the state's groundwater basins and to report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 2012, and thereafter in years ending in 5 or 0. (3) The bill would take effect only if SB 1 and SB 7 of the 2009–10 7th Extraordinary Session of the Legislature are enacted and become effective.
Who sponsors SB 6?
SB 6 is sponsored by Steinberg and Pavley.
What is the current status of SB 6?
This bill died with 2009-2010, 7th Special Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 6?
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