Drinking water: technical, managerial, and financial standards.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties relating to providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking water. Existing law requires the state board to directly enforce the provisions of the act for all public water systems, except as specified. The act prohibits a person from operating a public water system unless the person first submits an application to the state board and receives a permit to operate the system, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board to impose permit conditions, requirements for system improvements, technical, financial, or managerial requirements, and time schedules as it deems necessary to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of water at all times that is pure, wholesome, potable, and does not endanger the health of consumers.
California SB 1188 (20232024) — Drinking water: technical, managerial, and financial standards.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties relating to providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking water. Existing law requires the state board to directly enforce the provisions of the act for all public water systems, except as specified. The act prohibits a person from operating a public water system unless the person first submits an application to the state board and receives a permit to operate the system, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board to impose permit conditions, requirements for system improvements, technical, financial, or managerial requirements, and time schedules as it deems necessary to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of water at all times that is pure, wholesome, potable, and does not endanger the health of consumers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
SB 1188 Laird Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — 64–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1188 Laird Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Laird — primary (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 Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-03-18 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
2024-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3661.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-29 April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3974.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4102.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2024-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 6531.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5508.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2207ff6-7770-41bb-badd-c2514232a30b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).