Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations for the minimum public health standards of public beaches, including requiring the testing of waters adjacent to all public beaches for specified microbial contaminants. Existing law authorizes the department to require testing of the waters adjacent to all public beaches for additional microbial indicators if the department establishes that those indicators are as protective of the public health.
California SB 1395 (20132014) — Public beaches: inspection for contaminants.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations for the minimum public health standards of public beaches, including requiring the testing of waters adjacent to all public beaches for specified microbial contaminants. Existing law authorizes the department to require testing of the waters adjacent to all public beaches for additional microbial indicators if the department establishes that those indicators are as protective of the public health.
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 Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1395 Block Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1395 Block Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Block — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-04-04 Set for hearing April 30.
2014-04-07 Withdrawn from committee.
2014-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-04-09 Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-04-10 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.Q. referral-committee
2014-04-10 Set for hearing April 24.
2014-04-23 Set for hearing April 30 in E.Q. pending receipt.
2014-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3281.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3342.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2014-05-12 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3716.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3660.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6490.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4913.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 928, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0271cfd8-4703-453e-a004-64ab07b74c8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).