The Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 requires the State Department of Public Health to, among other things, adopt regulations relating to primary and secondary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water. The act authorizes the department to enter into primacy delegation agreements with local health officers for enforcement of these provisions. The act defines various terms, including human consumption, which means the use of water for drinking, bathing or showering, hand washing, or oral hygiene.
The Calderon-Sher Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 requires the State Department of Public Health to, among other things, adopt regulations relating to primary and secondary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water. The act authorizes the department to enter into primacy delegation agreements with local health officers for enforcement of these provisions. The act defines various terms, including human consumption, which means the use of water for drinking, bathing or showering, hand washing, or oral hygiene.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality Recommend Consent. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1194 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1194 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Block — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-21 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.Q. referral-committee
2011-06-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
2011-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2126.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2848.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e73cbdc9-0fe4-41fe-916c-47d3c9a1aad8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).