Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to examine and certify persons as to their qualifications to operate water treatment plants and water distribution systems. Existing law requires the certification to indicate the classification of water treatment plant or water distribution system that the person is qualified to operate. Existing law requires the board to issue a water treatment operator certificate and water distribution operator certificate by reciprocity to any person holding a valid, unexpired, comparable certification issued by another state, the United States, prescribed territories or tribal governments, or a unit of any of these. Existing law requires the board to classify types of wastewater treatment plants for the purpose of determining the levels of competence necessary to operate them. Existing law requires a person who operates a nonexempt wastewater treatment plant to possess a valid, unexpired wastewater certificate or water treatment operator certificate of the appropriate grade.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 1588
California AB 1588 (20192020)
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Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.
California AB 1588 (20192020) — Drinking water and wastewater operator certification programs.
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to examine and certify persons as to their qualifications to operate water treatment plants and water distribution systems. Existing law requires the certification to indicate the classification of water treatment plant or water distribution system that the person is qualified to operate. Existing law requires the board to issue a water treatment operator certificate and water distribution operator certificate by reciprocity to any person holding a valid, unexpired, comparable certification issued by another state, the United States, prescribed territories or tribal governments, or a unit of any of these. Existing law requires the board to classify types of wastewater treatment plants for the purpose of determining the levels of competence necessary to operate them. Existing law requires a person who operates a nonexempt wastewater treatment plant to possess a valid, unexpired wastewater certificate or water treatment operator certificate of the appropriate grade.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1588 Gloria Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1588 Gloria Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1588 Gloria et al. By Wilk — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gloria — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
Chang — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Gray — author (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — coauthor (person)
Patterson — coauthor (person)
Stone — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (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
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2019-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-05-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1901.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and V.A. referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-15 From Consent Calendar.
2019-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2019-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2281.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3009.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae2e0c62-ab32-4ea0-aa30-f57ddc726957. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).