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Bill	Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.	(1) Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to examine and certify persons as to their qualifications to supervise or operate water treatment plants and water distribution systems. Existing law requires the certification to indicate the classification of water treatment plant or water distribution system that the person is qualified to supervise or operate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2890	California AB 2890 (20152016)	bill	Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.	enacted	Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials	8	25	6	2016-02-29	2016-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/82e75f84-598c-475e-a6a4-f928c7908593	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2890	1b7d3a7da79ce1ae471a218323837806af5176bad514b74cad6fb646b9660be1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2890 (20152016) — Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.

(1) Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to examine and certify persons as to their qualifications to supervise or operate water treatment plants and water distribution systems. Existing law requires the certification to indicate the classification of water treatment plant or water distribution system that the person is qualified to supervise or operate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/29/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/08/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2890 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/23/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2890 Committee On E.S. & T.M. (Alejo) By Hill — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
• AB 2890 E.S. & T.M. Assembly Third Reading By ALEJO — 51–26 (pass) · lower
• AB 2890 E.S. & T.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ALEJO — 53–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2016-03-28 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4719.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4769.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 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
• 2016-06-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). 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. committee-passage
• 2016-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 4975.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 6047.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82e75f84-598c-475e-a6a4-f928c7908593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).