California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 37 — Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 391, Statutes of 2016.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin. The act deems certain agencies created by statute to manage groundwater the exclusive local agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to comply with the act and authorizes these agencies to opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency. This bill would create the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency and would establish the agency's initial boundaries. The bill would authorize the boundaries of the agency to be adjusted, as specified. The bill would require the agency to elect to be a groundwater sustainability agency under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for that portion of the Kings Subbasin that lies within the boundaries of the agency and would require the agency to develop and implement a groundwater sustainability plan to achieve sustainable groundwater management within the territory of the agency. The bill would generally specify the powers and purposes of the agency. The bill would prescribe the composition of the 7-member board of directors of the agency and would require members and alternates to be chosen by certain member agencies, as specified. By imposing duties on the agency and the member agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would deem the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency the exclusive local agency with powers to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 10723 of the Water Code proposed by both this bill and SB 564 to become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 391, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5492.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5437.)

  6. Set for hearing August 25.

  7. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  8. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

  9. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6089.) Ordered to the Senate.

  11. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended.

  13. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cooper.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10).

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

  18. August 3 hearing postponed by committee.

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

  20. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28).

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

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.

  23. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  24. From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.

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

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

  29. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 631.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  30. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  31. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  32. Set for hearing April 13.

  33. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 405.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  34. Set for hearing March 24.

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

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

  37. From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.

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

Sponsors

  • Salas · Cosponsor
  • Fuller · Cosponsor
  • Mathis · Cosponsor
  • Vidak · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Vidak

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Salas
  • Fuller
  • Mathis

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB37 Vidak Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35001
Democratic 3000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 37 Vidak Senate Third Reading By MATHIS

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic 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 Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 19001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13001
Republican 1000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34002
Democratic 3000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — 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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 37 do?
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin. The act deems certain agencies created by statute to manage groundwater the exclusive local agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to comply with the act and authorizes these agencies to opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency. This bill would create the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency and would establish the agency's initial boundaries. The bill would authorize the boundaries of the agency to be adjusted, as specified. The bill would require the agency to elect to be a groundwater sustainability agency under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for that portion of the Kings Subbasin that lies within the boundaries of the agency and would require the agency to develop and implement a groundwater sustainability plan to achieve sustainable groundwater management within the territory of the agency. The bill would generally specify the powers and purposes of the agency. The bill would prescribe the composition of the 7-member board of directors of the agency and would require members and alternates to be chosen by certain member agencies, as specified. By imposing duties on the agency and the member agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would deem the Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency the exclusive local agency with powers to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 10723 of the Water Code proposed by both this bill and SB 564 to become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 37?
SB 37 is sponsored by Salas, Fuller, Mathis, and Vidak.
What is the current status of SB 37?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2014. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 37?
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