California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 758 — Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 682, Statutes of 2015.

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  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 27, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources and requires the department to implement various water conservation and flood control programs and projects in the state. This bill would establish the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program in the department to, upon appropriation of special fund moneys, research climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate change has on atmospheric rivers, to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection in the state, and to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 682, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 5. Page 2565.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2926.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  9. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

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

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1288.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1159.) (May 28).

  17. Set for hearing May 28.

  18. May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  19. Set for hearing May 11.

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

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 821.) (April 28).

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

  23. Set for hearing April 28.

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

  25. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. Withdrawn from committee.

  27. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

  28. April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  29. Set for hearing April 15.

  30. Referred to Com. on E.Q.

  31. Read first time.

  32. From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.

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

Sponsors

  • Block · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Block

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 SB758 Block Concurrence

Passed 35 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32500
Democratic 3000
Total 35500
% of votes cast 88%13%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Lara — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Runner — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Huff — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 758 Block Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65006
Democratic 4000
Republican 4001
Total 73007
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gomez — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Chu — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11003
Republican 1000
Total 12003
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Mathis — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Dababneh — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Harper — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 3000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 758 do?
Existing law establishes the Department of Water Resources and requires the department to implement various water conservation and flood control programs and projects in the state. This bill would establish the Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate Forecasting Program in the department to, upon appropriation of special fund moneys, research climate forecasting and the causes and impacts that climate change has on atmospheric rivers, to operate reservoirs in a manner that improves flood protection in the state, and to reoperate flood control and water storage facilities to capture water generated by atmospheric rivers.
Who sponsors SB 758?
SB 758 is sponsored by Block.
What is the current status of SB 758?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 758?
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