Melissa Hurtado
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 16
Author
Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to gather and correlate information and data pertinent to an annual forecast of seasonal water crop. Existing law also requires the department to update every 5 years the plan for the orderly and coordinated control, protection, conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the state, which is known as "The California Water Plan." This bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2025, to establish a formal process for annually evaluating and improving the accuracy of its water supply forecasts, adopt a new water supply forecasting model that better addresses the effects of climate change, and implement a formal policy and procedures for documenting its operational plans for the state's water supply and its rationale for its operating procedures. The bill would require the department, by December 1, 2024, to prepare, and submit to the Legislature, a report on its progress toward meeting these requirements. The bill would require the department, commencing in 2026 and annually thereafter, to present specified information at an open and public meeting, including the department's operational decisions and their rationale for the state's water supply during the preceding water year. The bill would require the department to include the information presented at the meeting in a report, make the report publicly available on the department's internet website, and submit the report to the Legislature. The bill would require the department to inventory its existing drought mitigation and response plans and submit a report to the Legislature identifying these plans and their purposes by December 31, 2025. The bill would require the report to include a recommendation on whether there is a need for a new comprehensive, long-term plan for mitigating and responding to the effects of drought at the state level.
September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1161.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 1.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 801.) (April 18).
Set for hearing April 18.
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 February 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB231 | HTML |
| 01/23/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/20/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/19/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/13/23- Senate Natural Resources and Water | |
| 04/28/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/25/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/07/23- Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife | |
| 08/21/23- Assembly Appropriations |
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