Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.
The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California. The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. Existing law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system.
California SB 466 (20252026) — Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.
The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California. The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. Existing law authorizes the state board to grant a variance from primary drinking water standards to a public water system.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB466 Caballero et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
SB 466 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Soria — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Macedo — coauthor (person)
Soria — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-24 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
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 941.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-21 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-21 Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1275.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-24 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
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2817.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 320, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79e1f43f-f0f7-4f60-aadc-352f4899991e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).