CCKA Legislative Tracker

CCKA drafts, sponsors and supports state bills aimed at protecting and improving the health of California's waterways and ocean, and ensuring clean, abundant water throughout the state for all uses. On this page you can track legislation relevant to the waters of California, submit comments on legislation, and learn about your local Senators and Assembly Members.

CCKA actively tracked the special legislative session on water called by Governor Schwarzenegger.  Five bills were passed by the Legislature as a result of this expedited session:  SB X7 1 (Delta governance), SB X7 2 ($11.14 billion proposed bond), SB X7 6 (groundwater monitoring), SB X7 7 (water conservation), and SB X7 8 (water diversion and use).

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Below are some of the bills that CCKA is tracking this legislative session. Click on a bill to see the bill's text, legislative history and status.

Water Quality/Supply

AB 1692 (Berryhill) Asm. Natural Resources Committee – Requires that fines and penalties imposed by the State Water Board and other state agencies go to the General Fund.

AB 1834 (Solorio) Held in Assembly until March 18 – Establishes Legislature's intent to encourage California water agencies to develop integrated regional water management plans that retain stormwater runoff to fulfill the water supply needs of their communities and reduce downstream water quality problems.

SB 1107 (Kehoe) Senate Food and Agriculture Committee – The Interceptor and Trap Grease Transportation Act of 2010 requires the State Water Board to adopt and implement regulations to manage the transportation of interceptor and trap grease to appropriate facilities for recycling, treatment, or proper disposal.

SB 565 (Pavley) Asm. Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, Two-year Bill – Authorizes the State Water Board to monitor, investigate, and assess fines to regulate water diversions.

SB 1284 (Ducheny) Senate Committee on Environmental Quality – Exempts some effluent limitation violations and reporting requirements from State Water Board minimum mandatory penalties.

SB 1469 (Simitian) Held by Senate until March 23 – Requires Basin Plan implementation plans to include plans to identify and manage “potential threats to water quality.”

SCA 18 (Liu) Senate 3rd Reading, Two-year Bill – Excludes fees and charges for storm water and urban runoff management from the approval requirement for the imposition or increase of a property related fee or charge.

Protecting Marine and Coastal Areas

AB 2125 (Ruskin) Asm. Natural Resources Committee – Directs the Ocean Protection Council to analyze and develop recommendations on marine spatial planning.

AB 2376 (Huffman) Asm. First Reading – Requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to convene a committee to develop a strategic vision for California fish and wildlife management.

AB 2717 (Skinner) Asm. First Reading – Authorizes the Coastal Conservancy to undertake projects that utilize low-impact development techniques.  This bill also requires the Coastal Conservancy to work with the Ocean Protection Council to protect coastal and marine water quality.

SB 21 (Simitian) Asm. Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee – Requires the Department of Fish and Game to create a reporting system for derelict fishing gear.

SB 1006 (Pavley) Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee – Requires the Resources Agency, in developing and implementing climate change adaptation strategies, to fully consider and undertake initiatives that protect or enhance natural ecosystem functions in relation to wetlands, beaches, flood plains, watersheds, and greenhouse gas emissions.

AB 226 (Ruskin) Senate Inactive File, Two-year Bill – Enhances enforcement of the California Coastal Act by authorizing the California Coastal Commission to impose a fine, of between $5,000 and $50,000, to violators that undertake unpermitted development in the coastal zone.

AB 291 (Saldaña) Senate Inactive File, Two-year Bill – Requires the California Coastal Commission to deny coastal development permits to anyone with a record of unresolved violations of the California Coastal Act.