Existing law establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and long terms. Existing law continuously appropriates to the State Water Resources Control Board moneys deposited in the fund for the development, implementation, and sustainability of long-term drinking water solutions, among other things. Existing law requires the state board to expend moneys in the fund for grants, loans, contracts, or services to assist eligible recipients. Existing law includes within the list of "eligible recipients," public agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, mutual water companies, federally recognized California Native American tribes, specified nonfederally recognized Native American tribes, administrators, groundwater sustainability agencies, community water systems, and technical assistance providers.
California AB 2877 (20212022) — Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund: tribes.
Existing law establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and long terms. Existing law continuously appropriates to the State Water Resources Control Board moneys deposited in the fund for the development, implementation, and sustainability of long-term drinking water solutions, among other things. Existing law requires the state board to expend moneys in the fund for grants, loans, contracts, or services to assist eligible recipients. Existing law includes within the list of "eligible recipients," public agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, mutual water companies, federally recognized California Native American tribes, specified nonfederally recognized Native American tribes, administrators, groundwater sustainability agencies, community water systems, and technical assistance providers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2877 Eduardo Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2877 Eduardo Garcia et al By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2877 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
Mathis — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2022-04-27 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-28 Measure version as amended on April 19 corrected. amendment-passage
2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4875.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a00149f-51a8-4267-b1db-3d7f5d46f343. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).