San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
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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California Legislature
20172018
SB 372
California SB 372 (20172018)
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San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
California SB 372 (20172018) — San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
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.
Special Consent Calendar SB372 Cannella et al. Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 372 Cannella Third Reading Urgency By GRAY — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cannella — primary (person)
Gray — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2017-03-07 Set for hearing March 28.
2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 512.) (March 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-03-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
2017-04-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 769.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2017-05-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-06-13 June 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-23 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
2017-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3164.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-14 Urgency clause adopted.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 357, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f470a3bd-ae1c-4ad7-a4f0-de60d783166c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).