The California Constitution requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable. Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which applies to all groundwater basins in the state, all basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources as basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft, as specified, are required to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020.
California AB 1390 (20152016) — Groundwater: comprehensive adjudication.
The California Constitution requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable. Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which applies to all groundwater basins in the state, all basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources as basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft, as specified, are required to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1390 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
[08-27-2015] set for [First] hearing: Held in Committee. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Alejo — primary (person)
Cannella — principal coauthor (person)
Cooley — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Frazier — coauthor (person)
Fuller — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — coauthor (person)
Gomez — author (person)
Gray — principal coauthor (person)
Hueso — principal coauthor (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Olsen — principal coauthor (person)
Pavley — principal coauthor (person)
Perea — author (person)
Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
Salas — principal coauthor (person)
Vidak — principal coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1488.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1585.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-04 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-24 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-27 In committee: Held under submission.
2015-08-27 Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2632.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3082.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45e2180-7ba5-4d83-b9cb-ac3ff6cf0165. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).