North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act.
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. The act deems certain agencies created by statute to manage groundwater the exclusive local agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to comply with the act and authorizes these agencies to opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency.
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SB 564
California SB 564 (20152016)
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North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act.
California SB 564 (20152016) — North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act.
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. The act deems certain agencies created by statute to manage groundwater the exclusive local agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to comply with the act and authorizes these agencies to opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 564 Cannella Senate Third Reading By SALAS — 78–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB564 Cannella Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 14–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 30–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cannella — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 14.
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 620.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 27.
2015-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 779.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 881.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-22 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2015-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-23 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2016-06-23 From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2016-08-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6231.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2016-08-25 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5387.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-08-25 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5437.) committee-passage
2016-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5493.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 392, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e911e329-5bbe-4875-aba7-6f87584168d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).