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Bill	Water corporations: water meters.	The existing Water Measurement Law requires every water purveyor, as defined, who sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service, as defined, for potable water, to any person, as defined, to require, as a condition of new water service, that a suitable water meter to measure the water service be installed, requires that the cost of installation of the meter be paid by the user of water, and authorizes the water purveyor to impose and collect charges for those costs. These requirements are not applicable to a community water system that serves fewer than 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves fewer than 25 yearlong residents, or a single well that services the water supply of a single-family residential home. The Water Measurement Law contains additional requirements relative to the installation of water meters and charges for water relative to urban water suppliers, as defined. The Water Measurement Law authorizes a water purveyor, including an urban water supplier, to recover the cost of providing services related to the purchase, installation, and operation and maintenance of water meters from rates, fees, or charges.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 975	California AB 975 (20092010)	bill	Water corporations: water meters.	enacted	Fong	8	28	6	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/df0c91f2-3bc2-47d4-ae6d-81da26370f4d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB975	e418f76354f3c3bf774cd38a1a7fcb5ba5895d6d9a792ae04553650bc564ee85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 975 (20092010) — Water corporations: water meters.

The existing Water Measurement Law requires every water purveyor, as defined, who sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service, as defined, for potable water, to any person, as defined, to require, as a condition of new water service, that a suitable water meter to measure the water service be installed, requires that the cost of installation of the meter be paid by the user of water, and authorizes the water purveyor to impose and collect charges for those costs. These requirements are not applicable to a community water system that serves fewer than 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves fewer than 25 yearlong residents, or a single well that services the water supply of a single-family residential home. The Water Measurement Law contains additional requirements relative to the installation of water meters and charges for water relative to urban water suppliers, as defined. The Water Measurement Law authorizes a water purveyor, including an urban water supplier, to recover the cost of providing services related to the purchase, installation, and operation and maintenance of water meters from rates, fees, or charges.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB975 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 975 FONG Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB975 Fong By Simitian — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 975 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fong — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2009-04-13 Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-18 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-26 Action rescinded and record expunged whereby a final roll call vote was taken.
• 2009-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1720.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2009-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2066.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
• 2009-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3082.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df0c91f2-3bc2-47d4-ae6d-81da26370f4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).