Groundwater sustainability agencies: conflicts of interest: financial interest disclosures.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided.
California SB 1156 (20232024) — Groundwater sustainability agencies: conflicts of interest: financial interest disclosures.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent SB1156 Hurtado et al. — 33–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1156 Hurtado Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hurtado — primary (person)
Bennett — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2024-02-21 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E. & C.A. referral-committee
2024-03-01 Set for hearing April 9.
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 16 in E. & C.A. pending receipt.
2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3532.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-25 April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-04-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-30 Set for hearing May 6.
2024-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-09 From consent calendar on motion of Senator Blakespear.
2024-05-09 Ordered to third reading.
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4028.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
2024-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6320.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5297.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 458, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/068a75a4-5be0-405e-a342-7ba21b6a2cb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).