CA AB 1146

in committee

Water infrastructure: dams and reservoirs: water release: false pretenses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law provides for the regulation and supervision of dams and reservoirs exclusively by the state. Under existing law, a person who violates certain provisions related to the regulation and supervision of dams and reservoirs or of any approval, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of the Department of Water Resources is guilty of a misdemeanor, as specified. This bill would prohibit the release of stored water from a reservoir owned and operated by the United States in this state if the release is done under false pretenses, which the bill would define to mean a release of water from a reservoir owned and operated by the United States in a manner that is knowingly, designedly, and intentionally under any false or fraudulent representation as to the purpose and intended use of the water. The bill would authorize the State Water Resources Control Board or the Attorney General, as provided, to bring an action for injunctive relief for a violation of the above-described prohibition. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.

Introduced: 2025-03-17
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-03-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-18
Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29).
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
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2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-05
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 2110.)
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2025-06-09
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From 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.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

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03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 8-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Rogers: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bains: no
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Ávila Farías: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 1146 Papan Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-05 · pass · 55-17
Member-level votes (79)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Haney: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Hart: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Chen: no
- Gallagher: no
- Patterson: no
- Bains: no
- Castillo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Hoover: no
- Lackey: no
- Sanchez: no
- DeMaio: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Flora: no
- Ellis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Valencia: other
- Solache: other
- Alanis: other
- Wallis: other
- Ortega: other
- Soria: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-07-08 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Laird: yes
- Grove: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Hurtado: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 12-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes

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