CA AB 59
enactedReclamation District No. 108: hydroelectric power.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 59 pass?
Yes. CA AB 59 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 59 about?
Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize Reclamation District No. 108 to continue to exercise the above-described hydroelectric power authority after January 1, 2026. The bill would require Reclamation District No. 108 to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government on or before January 1, 2031, and between January 1, 2035, and January 1, 2036, containing certain information, including, among other things, whether the district has obtained permission from the Colusa Local Agency Formation Commission to enact its hydroelectric authority. The bill would also require the report to include the reasons the district is currently not exercising its hydroelectric authority and an estimated date by which the district expects to begin exercising that authority. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors CA AB 59?
Aguiar-Curry is the primary sponsor of CA AB 59.
Description
Existing law authorizes the formation of reclamation districts by owners of swamp and overflowed lands, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, and by owners of land already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in a reclamation district. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 1004, in conjunction with the County of Colusa, to construct, maintain, and operate a plant, transmission lines, and other necessary or appropriate facilities for the generation of hydroelectric power, as prescribed. Existing law requires proceeds from the sale of electricity to be used to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed. Existing law authorizes Reclamation District No. 108 to exercise this hydroelectric power authority until January 1, 2026. This bill would authorize Reclamation District No. 108 to continue to exercise the above-described hydroelectric power authority after January 1, 2026. The bill would require Reclamation District No. 108 to submit a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government on or before January 1, 2031, and between January 1, 2035, and January 1, 2036, containing certain information, including, among other things, whether the district has obtained permission from the Colusa Local Agency Formation Commission to enact its hydroelectric authority. The bill would also require the report to include the reasons the district is currently not exercising its hydroelectric authority and an estimated date by which the district expects to begin exercising that authority. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-26
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Aguiar-Curryauthor
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Action timeline
2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
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2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-03-26
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).
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2025-03-27
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-03-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-01
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
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2025-04-02
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C.
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2025-06-19
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18).
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2025-06-23
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2392.).
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2025-09-02
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2854.).
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2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended.
2025-03-26 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Ta: other
- Wilson: other
AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
2025-04-01 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Patel: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Davies: other
- Alvarez: other
- Wicks: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
2025-06-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Choi: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Durazo: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-07 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Becker: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading AB59 Aguiar-Curry By Cabaldon
2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
AB 59 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Pacheco: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Berman: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Solache: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Papan: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Fong: yes
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