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