Backflow protection and cross-connection controls: standards.
(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration projects relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adopting regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of private domestic water wells. Existing law makes certain violations of the act a misdemeanor.
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AB 1671
California AB 1671 (20172018)
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Backflow protection and cross-connection controls: standards.
California AB 1671 (20172018) — Backflow protection and cross-connection controls: standards.
(1) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health, including, but not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration projects relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adopting regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of private domestic water wells. Existing law makes certain violations of the act a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1671 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — 72–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2017-04-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1802.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-09-01 In committee: Held under submission.
2017-09-12 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-09-12 Ordered to second reading.
2017-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2939.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3524.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfd3e46c-1213-4be8-8bc8-456ac6ced40f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).