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type: "Bill"
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title: "Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events."
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description: "Existing law requires the governing body of a public water supplier to declare a water shortage emergency condition if the supplier makes certain findings. Existing law requires a public water supplier that declares the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage to adopt regulations and restrictions on the delivery and consumption of water to conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit. Existing law requires the declaration to be made only after a public hearing except in the event of a wildfire or a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 708"
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citation: "California SB 708 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa429c59-cb10-4949-8fc1-55f2adcd34f0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708"
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source_hash: "1c16379525bda126a44802cafe6f3ebac2612edaae4c96d9361badfb0cf42b67"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 708 (20212022) — Water shortage emergencies: declarations: deenergization events.
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Existing law requires the governing body of a public water supplier to declare a water shortage emergency condition if the supplier makes certain findings. Existing law requires a public water supplier that declares the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage to adopt regulations and restrictions on the delivery and consumption of water to conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit. Existing law requires the declaration to be made only after a public hearing except in the event of a wildfire or a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708&version=20210SB70899INT)
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2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708&version=20210SB70898AMD)
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3. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708&version=20210SB70897AMD)
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4. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708&version=20210SB70895CHP)
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5. **SB708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708)
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6. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB708&version=20210SB70896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 708 Melendez Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Melendez — primary (person)
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- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
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- Dahle — coauthor (person)
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- Kiley — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** 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`
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- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Set for hearing April 27.
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- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 939.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1008.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-17** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2021-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:45 p.m.
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- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 68, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa429c59-cb10-4949-8fc1-55f2adcd34f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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