(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems, and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties. Existing law requires the state board to conduct research, studies, and demonstration projects relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, to adopt regulations to implement the California Safe Drinking Water Act, and to enforce provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Existing law prohibits a person from operating a public water system unless the person first submits an application to the state board and receives a permit issued by the state board, as specified.
(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems, and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties. Existing law requires the state board to conduct research, studies, and demonstration projects relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, to adopt regulations to implement the California Safe Drinking Water Act, and to enforce provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Existing law prohibits a person from operating a public water system unless the person first submits an application to the state board and receives a permit issued by the state board, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 88 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — 52–28 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB88 Committee On B. & F.R. — 23–13 (pass) · upper
W/O REF. TO FILE SB88 Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review By Leno Concurrence — 24–14 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-01-09 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-01-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
2015-01-12 Read first time. reading-1
2015-02-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-03-18 From committee: Ordered to second reading. committee-passage
2015-03-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-03-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 382.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-03-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2015-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-06-19 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
2015-06-19 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-06-19 Ordered to third reading.
2015-06-19 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2015-06-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 2054.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-06-19 Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2015-06-19 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1512.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-06-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
2015-06-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-06-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 27, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88c027ec-d6d3-45f8-b577-ba7b7defdb5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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