CA AB 1146
in committeeWater infrastructure: dams and reservoirs: water release: false pretenses.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1146 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 1146 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 1146 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA AB 1146?
Papan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1146.
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
- Latest action
- 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Papanauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,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
2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-09
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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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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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Re-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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2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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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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