CA AB 1712
enactedCity of Santa Fe Springs: sale of water utility property.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1712 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1712 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1712 about?
Existing law authorizes the furnishing of utility services by publicly owned public utilities, including municipal corporations, that are subject to control by their governing bodies. Existing law authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility, as defined, and authorizes a municipal corporation to sell or dispose of any public utility it owns. Existing law establishes procedures whereby a municipal corporation may lease, sell, or transfer that portion of a water utility used for furnishing water service outside or inside the boundaries of the municipal corporation, including, in the case of sale or transfer of the public utility located inside the municipal boundaries, the determination that the public utility is not necessary for supplying water to its own inhabitants or that its inhabitants will be provided with equal or better service by the acquiring entity, if the sale or transfer is approved by a majority of all voters voting on the issue in an election, and the acquiring entity discloses specified information before the election. This bill would authorize the City of Santa Fe Springs, until January 1, 2032, to sell its public utility for furnishing water service for the purpose of consolidating its public water system with another public water system pursuant to specified procedures if certain requirements are met. The bill would require the city to consider oral and written protests, as provided, and would prohibit the city from selling the public utility for one year if 50% of interested persons, as defined, protest the sale. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Santa Fe Springs.
Who sponsors CA AB 1712?
Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1712.
Description
Existing law authorizes the furnishing of utility services by publicly owned public utilities, including municipal corporations, that are subject to control by their governing bodies. Existing law authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility, as defined, and authorizes a municipal corporation to sell or dispose of any public utility it owns. Existing law establishes procedures whereby a municipal corporation may lease, sell, or transfer that portion of a water utility used for furnishing water service outside or inside the boundaries of the municipal corporation, including, in the case of sale or transfer of the public utility located inside the municipal boundaries, the determination that the public utility is not necessary for supplying water to its own inhabitants or that its inhabitants will be provided with equal or better service by the acquiring entity, if the sale or transfer is approved by a majority of all voters voting on the issue in an election, and the acquiring entity discloses specified information before the election. This bill would authorize the City of Santa Fe Springs, until January 1, 2032, to sell its public utility for furnishing water service for the purpose of consolidating its public water system with another public water system pursuant to specified procedures if certain requirements are met. The bill would require the city to consider oral and written protests, as provided, and would prohibit the city from selling the public utility for one year if 50% of interested persons, as defined, protest the sale. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Santa Fe Springs.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-09
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Pachecoauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-17
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5494.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-29
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-05-14
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-14
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5045.)
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2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-10
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-03-09
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W., P., & W.
referral-committee
2026-03-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2026-02-04
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/04/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-04Compare
- 03/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-09Compare
- 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 08/19/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-19Compare
- 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife]
2026-03-25 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Pacheco: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Boerner: yes
- Hart: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: other
AB 1712 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Soria: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Papan: yes
- Davies: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Lee: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ward: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Arambula: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Flora: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-17 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: other
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