republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-134.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water conservation: water losses: enforcement."
description: "Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to calculate an urban water use objective no later than November 1, 2023, and by November 1 every year thereafter. Existing law requires the urban water use objective to be composed of the sum of certain water use estimates, including aggregate estimated efficient water losses. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to issue information orders, written notices, and conservation orders to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "California SB 134 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water conservation: water losses: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12da8533-6a8a-4a39-8192-281a450e9695"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134"
source_hash: "5ff96554292bd2e34cb2d3f9b3e7123c592835d379f607df7d21f7bf33f72dbc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 134 (20192020) — Water conservation: water losses: enforcement.

Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to calculate an urban water use objective no later than November 1, 2023, and by November 1 every year thereafter. Existing law requires the urban water use objective to be composed of the sum of certain water use estimates, including aggregate estimated efficient water losses. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to issue information orders, written notices, and conservation orders to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134&version=20190SB13499INT)
2. **05/08/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134&version=20190SB13498AMD)
3. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134&version=20190SB13496CHP)
4. **SB134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134)
5. **08/21/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB134&version=20190SB13497ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 134 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 622.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1033.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2755.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 203, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12da8533-6a8a-4a39-8192-281a450e9695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).