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AB 939 — Groundwater sustainability agencies.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2015.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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Summary
Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to identify the extent of monitoring of groundwater elevations that is being undertaken within each groundwater basin or subbasin and to prioritize basins or subbasins as high, medium, low, or very low priority, and requires the initial priority for each basin to be established no later than January 31, 2015. Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the department 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 requires a local agency, any time the department changes these basin priorities and elevates a basin to a medium- or high-priority basin after January 31, 2015, to either establish a groundwater sustainability agency within 2 years of reprioritization and adopt a groundwater sustainability plan within 5 years of reprioritization, or to submit an alternative to the department that the local agency believes satisfies the objectives of these provisions within 2 years of reprioritization. This bill would impose the requirement to establish a groundwater sustainability agency or submit an alternative after reprioritization on a local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin. The act authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program and requires a groundwater sustainability agency to hold at least one public meeting prior to imposing or increasing a fee. The act requires, at least 10 days prior to the meeting, a groundwater sustainability agency to make available to the public data upon which the proposed fee is based. This bill would require a groundwater sustainability agency to make the data upon which the proposed fee is based available 20 days prior to the public meeting to impose or increase a fee. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 10722.4 of the Water Code proposed by both this bill and SB 13, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 10/09/15 - Chaptered Current pdf October 09, 2015
- Enrolled 09/03/15 - Enrolled pdf September 03, 2015
- Amended 07/08/15 - Amended Senate pdf July 08, 2015
- Introduced 02/26/15 - Introduced pdf February 26, 2015
- AB939 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2015.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2748.).
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Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2310.).
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Ordered to special consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14).
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1016.)
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14).
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Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Salas · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Salas
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Baker | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Steinorth | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Kim | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Chang | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Obernolte | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Thurmond | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Lopez | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Not Voting |
| Hadley | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Moorlach | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Vidak | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Baker | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Olsen | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Thurmond | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Chang | — | Yea |
| Kim | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Linder | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Obernolte | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Steinorth | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Lopez | — | Yea |
| Hadley | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | 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 |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Lopez | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 939 do?
- Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to identify the extent of monitoring of groundwater elevations that is being undertaken within each groundwater basin or subbasin and to prioritize basins or subbasins as high, medium, low, or very low priority, and requires the initial priority for each basin to be established no later than January 31, 2015. Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the department 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 requires a local agency, any time the department changes these basin priorities and elevates a basin to a medium- or high-priority basin after January 31, 2015, to either establish a groundwater sustainability agency within 2 years of reprioritization and adopt a groundwater sustainability plan within 5 years of reprioritization, or to submit an alternative to the department that the local agency believes satisfies the objectives of these provisions within 2 years of reprioritization. This bill would impose the requirement to establish a groundwater sustainability agency or submit an alternative after reprioritization on a local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin. The act authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program and requires a groundwater sustainability agency to hold at least one public meeting prior to imposing or increasing a fee. The act requires, at least 10 days prior to the meeting, a groundwater sustainability agency to make available to the public data upon which the proposed fee is based. This bill would require a groundwater sustainability agency to make the data upon which the proposed fee is based available 20 days prior to the public meeting to impose or increase a fee. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 10722.4 of the Water Code proposed by both this bill and SB 13, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
- Who sponsors AB 939?
- AB 939 is sponsored by Salas.
- What is the current status of AB 939?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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