CaliforniaGroundwater: de minimis extractors: fees: exemption.
What it does
Existing law authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees, including, but not limited to, permit fees and fees on groundwater extraction or other regulated activity, to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program, and investigations, inspections, compliance assistance, enforcement, and program administration, as provided. Existing law prohibits a groundwater sustainability agency from imposing those fees on a de minimis extractor, as defined, unless the agency has regulated the user, as provided.
More detail
This bill would authorize a local government, including, but not limited to, a groundwater sustainability agency, that imposes a fee, levy, charge, or exaction for groundwater monitoring or management, upon making specified findings, to exempt de minimis extractors, including the above-described regulated users, from the payment of the fee, levy, charge, or exaction, as provided.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 963, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6735.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2728 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 27From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27).Minor
- Aug 25Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6503.)
- Aug 13Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.Minor
- Aug 11In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 10Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5320.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Minor
- Jun 15Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and N.R. & W.Minor
- Jun 12Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jun 12Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jun 12In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Jun 11From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Minor
- May 27In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2728 Soria Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5342.)Passed Assembly
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 14
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Minor
- Mar 19From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 19Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced