California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 385 — Primary drinking water standards: hexavalent chromium: compliance plan.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 272, 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 24, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California. The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and required a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium by January 1, 2004. Existing law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system. Existing law makes certain violations of the act a crime. This bill would authorize, until January 1, 2020, the state board, at the request of a public water system that prepares and submits a compliance plan to the state board, to grant a period of time to achieve compliance with the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium by approving the compliance plan, as prescribed. This bill would require a public water system to provide specified notice regarding the compliance plan to the persons served by the public water system and the public water system to send written status reports to the state board. This bill would prohibit a public water system from being deemed in violation of the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium while implementing an approved compliance plan or while state board action on its proposed and submitted compliance plan is pending. The bill would authorize the state board to direct revisions to a compliance plan if the board makes certain determinations and would prohibit a public water system from being granted a period of time to achieve compliance under certain circumstances, including if the public water system does not submit a revised compliance plan or the revised compliance plan is disapproved. The bill would authorize the state board to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of criteria, published on its Internet Web site. To the extent that a public water system, when requesting approval of a compliance plan or submitting a report pursuant to these provisions, would make any false statement or representation, this bill would expand the scope of a crime and impose a state-mandated local program. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 272, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2142.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2534.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  8. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15).

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

  12. Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD.

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

  14. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1120.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  17. Set for hearing May 26.

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

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 983.) (May 12).

  20. Set for hearing May 12.

  21. May 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. Set for hearing May 5.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

  25. Set for hearing April 15.

  26. Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.

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

Sponsors

  • Alejo · Cosponsor
  • Cannella · Cosponsor
  • Dodd · Cosponsor
  • Hueso · Primary
  • Mayes · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor
  • Eduardo Garcia · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hueso

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 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.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB385 Hueso Urgency Clause Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — 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 385 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Harper — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Salas — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chau — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chang — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
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 Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — 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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3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Democratic 3000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
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 385 do?
The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California. The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and required a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium by January 1, 2004. Existing law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system. Existing law makes certain violations of the act a crime. This bill would authorize, until January 1, 2020, the state board, at the request of a public water system that prepares and submits a compliance plan to the state board, to grant a period of time to achieve compliance with the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium by approving the compliance plan, as prescribed. This bill would require a public water system to provide specified notice regarding the compliance plan to the persons served by the public water system and the public water system to send written status reports to the state board. This bill would prohibit a public water system from being deemed in violation of the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium while implementing an approved compliance plan or while state board action on its proposed and submitted compliance plan is pending. The bill would authorize the state board to direct revisions to a compliance plan if the board makes certain determinations and would prohibit a public water system from being granted a period of time to achieve compliance under certain circumstances, including if the public water system does not submit a revised compliance plan or the revised compliance plan is disapproved. The bill would authorize the state board to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of criteria, published on its Internet Web site. To the extent that a public water system, when requesting approval of a compliance plan or submitting a report pursuant to these provisions, would make any false statement or representation, this bill would expand the scope of a crime and impose a state-mandated local program. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 385?
SB 385 is sponsored by Alejo, Cannella, Dodd, Hueso, Mayes, Mark Stone, and Eduardo Garcia.
What is the current status of SB 385?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 385?
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