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Bill	State Water Resources Control Board.	(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act (state act) , requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state board's duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (federal act) , and adopting and enforcing regulations. Existing law requires the state board to appoint a deputy director to oversee the issuance and enforcement of public water system permits and delegates certain authorities of the state board to the deputy director.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1531	California AB 1531 (20152016)	bill appropriation	State Water Resources Control Board.	enacted	Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials	10	25	6	2015-03-23	2015-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bc8f2fc8-dbf4-480a-b192-8f63c53547a5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1531	ecf3c2471b583cebe8333af4100e43a83031be37c1dc5bc05cacd663777ea0eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1531 (20152016) — State Water Resources Control Board.

(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act (state act) , requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state board's duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (federal act) , and adopting and enforcing regulations. Existing law requires the state board to appoint a deputy director to oversee the issuance and enforcement of public water system permits and delegates certain authorities of the state board to the deputy director.

Version chain

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

1. 03/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1531 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/26/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1531 Committee On E.S. & T.M. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1531 E.S. & T.M. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1531 E.S. & T.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ALEJO — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-03-24 From printer. May be heard in committee April 23.
• 2015-04-20 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1452.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-19 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 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
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2120.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2565.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 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 673, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc8f2fc8-dbf4-480a-b192-8f63c53547a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).