Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

6.2 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events. 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 supplier 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 wildfire or a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 SB 708 California SB 708 (20212022)
bill
Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events.
enacted
Melendez
6 24 4 2021-02-19 2021-07-09 openstates ocd-bill/fa429c59-cb10-4949-8fc1-55f2adcd34f0 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708 1c16379525bda126a44802cafe6f3ebac2612edaae4c96d9361badfb0cf42b67 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-ca

California SB 708 (20212022) — Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events.

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 supplier 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 wildfire or 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.

  1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB708 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/25/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Consent Calendar — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 90 (pass) · upper
  • SB 708 Melendez Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Melendez — primary (person)
  • Bigelow — coauthor (person)
  • Dahle — coauthor (person)
  • Kiley — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
  • 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
  • 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
  • 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-20 Set for hearing April 27.
  • 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 939.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-05-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1008.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 Coauthors revised.
  • 2021-06-17 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-24 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2021-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:45 p.m.
  • 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 68, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa429c59-cb10-4949-8fc1-55f2adcd34f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).