California Safe Drinking Water Act: microplastics.
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 programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adopting implementing regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of water in private domestic water supplies. Under the act, the implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, monitoring of contaminants and requirements for notifying the public of the quality of the water delivered to customers.
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SB 1422
California SB 1422 (20172018)
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California Safe Drinking Water Act: microplastics.
California SB 1422 (20172018) — California Safe Drinking Water Act: microplastics.
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 programs relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, adopting implementing regulations, and conducting studies and investigations to assess the quality of water in private domestic water supplies. Under the act, the implementing regulations are required to include, but are not limited to, monitoring of contaminants and requirements for notifying the public of the quality of the water delivered to customers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1422 Portantino Concurrence — 34–2 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1422 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1422 Portantino Senate Third Reading By QUIRK — 74–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 18.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4720.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-10 May 14 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4310.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4457.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-15 August 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6966.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 6137.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 902, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f8d3986-ca3a-410e-9a0a-ff774b42cbd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).