republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1627.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Safe Drinking Water Act."
description: "Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to regulate specified water systems and maintain specified primary drinking water standards. The act defines a public water system as a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. Existing law applies the provisions of the act to a food facility that is regulated pursuant to the California Retail Food Code only if the human consumption includes drinking of water. Existing law provides that a violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1627"
citation: "California AB 1627 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Safe Drinking Water Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb2ef2e-8bbc-4bad-bef8-91bec8dd3d80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627"
source_hash: "9d1ae50e08a1567f90900396d26f291a2d36763d555b463ea8aaf2581c07c0fb"
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 AB 1627 (20232024) — California Safe Drinking Water Act.

Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to regulate specified water systems and maintain specified primary drinking water standards. The act defines a public water system as a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. Existing law applies the provisions of the act to a food facility that is regulated pursuant to the California Retail Food Code only if the human consumption includes drinking of water. Existing law provides that a violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627&version=20230AB162799INT)
2. **05/16/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627&version=20230AB162798AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627&version=20230AB162796CHP)
4. **AB1627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627)
5. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1627&version=20230AB162797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1627 Lee By Dahle — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1627 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1627 Lee Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1367.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2137.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2787.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb2ef2e-8bbc-4bad-bef8-91bec8dd3d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).