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 the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a basin as a probationary basin if the state board makes a certain determination and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin. The act requires a local agency or groundwater sustainability agency to have 90 or 180 days, as prescribed, to remedy the deficiency if the board designates the basin as a probationary basin.
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 the State Water Resources Control Board to designate a basin as a probationary basin if the state board makes a certain determination and to develop an interim plan for the probationary basin. The act requires a local agency or groundwater sustainability agency to have 90 or 180 days, as prescribed, to remedy the deficiency if the board designates the basin as a probationary basin.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #7 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 13 Pavley Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pavley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2015-02-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-03-17 Set for hearing March 24.
2015-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 405.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 13.
2015-04-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2015-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 Ordered to second reading.
2015-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 837.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2015-05-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2534.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-08-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2204.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
2015-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 255, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a7e7703-038f-4716-9116-1233c0f8469a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).