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California AB 541 (20232024) — California Safe Drinking Water Act: wildfire aftermath: benzene testing.

The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB541 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB541 Wood By Dahle — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 541 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 541 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2023-05-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-07-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2649.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3384.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05895555-b469-45a2-b145-5558504eeab4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).