Water shortage emergencies: declarations: wildfires.
Existing law requires the governing body of a public water supplier to declare a water shortage emergency condition if the supplier makes certain findings. Existing law requires a public water supply that declares the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage to adopt regulations and restrictions on the delivery and consumption of water to conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit. Existing law requires the declaration to be made only after a public hearing except in the event of a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 1432
California AB 1432 (20192020)
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Water shortage emergencies: declarations: wildfires.
California AB 1432 (20192020) — Water shortage emergencies: declarations: wildfires.
Existing law requires the governing body of a public water supplier to declare a water shortage emergency condition if the supplier makes certain findings. Existing law requires a public water supply that declares the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage to adopt regulations and restrictions on the delivery and consumption of water to conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit. Existing law requires the declaration to be made only after a public hearing except in the event of a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1432 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1432 Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dahle — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2019-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1359.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1608.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-18 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-06-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-06-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6edb80d8-9fc9-49ac-b5da-54b630d5c65a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).