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Bill	Groundwater sustainability agencies: fees.	Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2874	California AB 2874 (20152016)	bill	Groundwater sustainability agencies: fees.	enacted	Beth Gaines	6	22	6	2016-02-19	2016-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/044dedb4-d567-446f-8525-bb0128284cb6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2874	f42e7b0538c3108a9414b2f9ca4a679cd9d2492fbd011541130da82a11dfc757	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2874 (20152016) — Groundwater sustainability agencies: fees.

Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as specified. The act authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2874 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2874 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2874 Beth Gaines — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2874 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 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
• 2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4688.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2016-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4652.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5640.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/044dedb4-d567-446f-8525-bb0128284cb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).