republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-564.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 564"
citation: "California SB 564 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e911e329-5bbe-4875-aba7-6f87584168d1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564"
source_hash: "905938cd0b2541baab1750ca510a19c2067032db4884bfc1d1e42aaa038319b4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# 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.

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56499INT)
2. **06/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56498AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56497AMD)
4. **08/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56496AMD)
5. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56495AMD)
6. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56493CHP)
7. **SB564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564)
8. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB564&version=20150SB56494ENR)

## Votes

- 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`
- **2016-06-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 5505.)
- **2016-06-27** For hearing in W., P., & W.
- **2016-06-27** For hearing in L. GOV.
- **2016-06-27** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 5505.)
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e911e329-5bbe-4875-aba7-6f87584168d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).