CaliforniaState Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.
What it does
Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program.
More detail
This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS contaminant levels. The bill would require a water supplier or sewer system provider to include a clear and definite purpose for how the funds will be used to provide public benefits to their community related to safe drinking water, recycled water, stormwater, or treated wastewater in order to be eligible to receive funds. The bill would require the state board to adopt guidelines to implement these provisions, as provided.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 2Veto sustained.Latest
- Mar 2Stricken from file.
- 2025
- Oct 1In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- Oct 1Vetoed by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Major
- Sep 17Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 9Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2742.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 454 McNerney Senate Third Reading By Connolly. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2994.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 2Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read third time and amended.Major
- Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 17
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB454 McNerney et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1283.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1201.) (May 23).Major
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- Apr 21April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 8Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 634.) (April 2).Major
- Apr 2
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Major
- Mar 11Set for hearing April 2.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on E.Q.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced