Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources, in coordination with the State Water Resources Control Board, and including collaboration with and input from stakeholders, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and authorizes the department and the board to jointly recommend to the Legislature a standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, establishes 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law establishes, beginning January 1, 2025, the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, establishes the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law requires the board, in coordination with the department, to adopt by regulation variances recommended by the department and guidelines and methodologies pertaining to the calculation of an urban retail water supplier's urban water use objective recommended by the department.
California SB 1157 (20212022) — Urban water use objectives.
Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources, in coordination with the State Water Resources Control Board, and including collaboration with and input from stakeholders, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and authorizes the department and the board to jointly recommend to the Legislature a standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, establishes 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law establishes, beginning January 1, 2025, the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, establishes the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. Existing law requires the board, in coordination with the department, to adopt by regulation variances recommended by the department and guidelines and methodologies pertaining to the calculation of an urban retail water supplier's urban water use objective recommended by the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
SB 1157 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 45–21 (pass) · lower
W/O REF. TO FILE — 29–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–4 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 28–9 (pass) · upper
SB 1157 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 34–23 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2022-03-24 Set for hearing April 5.
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3327.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-07 Set for hearing April 18.
2022-04-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3475.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-04-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (June 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-29 Read third time. Refused passage. failure, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Friedman.
2022-08-31 Reconsideration granted.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5422.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d9dd7aa-db91-413b-a0e5-2f243b8c121d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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