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type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency utility services: extension of utility services."
description: "The Mitigation Fee Act, among other things, requires fees for water or sewer connections, or capacity charges imposed by a local agency to not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, unless a question regarding the amount of the fee or charge imposed in excess of the reasonable cost of providing the service or materials is submitted to and approved by 23 of the electors voting on the issue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 646"
citation: "California SB 646 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency utility services: extension of utility services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab751ec6-8f99-4b0c-a64b-285f671cc78c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646"
source_hash: "f2fc26bf8aaa3902e57946f1dce8908bfc007e7e83c1bb7744eb9b4bf9e8a421"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 646 (20192020) — Local agency utility services: extension of utility services.
The Mitigation Fee Act, among other things, requires fees for water or sewer connections, or capacity charges imposed by a local agency to not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed, unless a question regarding the amount of the fee or charge imposed in excess of the reasonable cost of providing the service or materials is submitted to and approved by 23 of the electors voting on the issue.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646&version=20190SB64699INT)
2. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646&version=20190SB64698AMD)
3. **05/07/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646&version=20190SB64697AMD)
4. **07/10/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646&version=20190SB64695CHP)
5. **SB646** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646)
6. **07/01/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB646&version=20190SB64696ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 646 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **710** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morrell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2019-04-17** April 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 904.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1031.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2460.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 78, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab751ec6-8f99-4b0c-a64b-285f671cc78c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).