--- type: "Bill" title: "Groundwater sustainability agencies: conflicts of interest: financial interest disclosures." description: "Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1156" citation: "California SB 1156 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Groundwater sustainability agencies", "conflicts of interest", "financial interest disclosures"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hurtado"] version_count: 6 action_count: 30 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2024-02-14" last_action: "2024-09-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/068a75a4-5be0-405e-a342-7ba21b6a2cb2" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156" source_hash: "4958e7c3ee4476a4ab65a66dfd54242a2e7c4684e3218ab6c2bab1bfa1e9271b" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 1156 (20232024) — Groundwater sustainability agencies: conflicts of interest: financial interest disclosures. Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156&version=20230SB115699INT) 2. **04/29/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156&version=20230SB115698AMD) 3. **06/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156&version=20230SB115697AMD) 4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156&version=20230SB115695CHP) 5. **SB1156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156) 6. **08/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1156&version=20230SB115696ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent SB1156 Hurtado et al. — **33–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1156 Hurtado Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hurtado — primary (person) - Bennett — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16. - **2024-02-21** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-01** Set for hearing April 9. - **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16 in E. & C.A. pending receipt. - **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3532.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29. - **2024-04-25** April 29 hearing postponed by committee. - **2024-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-04-30** Set for hearing May 6. - **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-09** From consent calendar on motion of Senator Blakespear. - **2024-05-09** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4028.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-26** Coauthors revised. - **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6320.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-20** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5297.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 458, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/068a75a4-5be0-405e-a342-7ba21b6a2cb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).