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Bill	Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans.	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 709	California AB 709 (20252026)	bill	SustainableGroundwaterManagementAct groundwatersustainabilityplans	enacted	Jeff Gonzalez	4	15	4	2025-02-14	2025-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/df2c7a30-d7e5-4303-a902-8af6bdd5743d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB709	64fcf894bae1e83aa97375dffd86d8bcb0d9fb37e097c5c0a5011e79b94e9231	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 709 (20252026) — Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans.

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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/07/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB709 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/15/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB709 Jeff Gonzalez By Seyarto — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 709 Jeff Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeff Gonzalez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1485.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2895.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df2c7a30-d7e5-4303-a902-8af6bdd5743d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).