John Laird
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 17
Author
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties relating to providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking water. Existing law requires the state board to directly enforce the provisions of the act for all public water systems, except as specified. The act prohibits a person from operating a public water system unless the person first submits an application to the state board and receives a permit to operate the system, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board to impose permit conditions, requirements for system improvements, technical, financial, or managerial requirements, and time schedules as it deems necessary to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of water at all times that is pure, wholesome, potable, and does not endanger the health of consumers. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly make any false statement or representation in any application, record, report, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with the act. This bill would require the state board to develop and adopt minimum standards related to the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people or 3,300 service connections and nontransient noncommunity water systems that serve K–12 schools. The bill would require community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people or 3,300 service connections and nontransient noncommunity water systems that serve K–12 schools to demonstrate compliance with those standards, as provided. The bill would require new community water systems serving fewer than 10,000 persons or 3,300 service connections and nontransient noncommunity water systems that serve K–12 schools to demonstrate, as part of a permit application, compliance with the minimum technical, managerial, and financial standards. This bill would authorize the state board to require a community water system serving fewer than 10,000 people or 3,300 service connections and a nontransient noncommunity water system that serves K–12 schools subject to the minimum standards to show proof that it has the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to comply with the standards, including, but not limited to, annual reporting of information necessary and appropriate to monitor its current capacity status. Because knowingly making a false statement or representation in that report would be a crime under the California Safe Drinking Water Act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of a crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5508.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 6531.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15).
August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4102.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3974.) (May 16).
Set for hearing May 16.
April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3661.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 17.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1188 | HTML |
| 02/14/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/18/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/17/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/20/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/29/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/24/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/15/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/26/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/16/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/02/24- Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/19/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/27/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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