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CA AB 638

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Stormwater: uses: irrigation.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 638 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 638 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 638 about?

Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets certain standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. The act requires the State Water Resources Control Board, by July 1, 2016, to establish guidance for purposes of the act. This bill would require the board, by December 1, 2026, to develop recommendations for stormwater capture and use for the irrigation of urban public lands, as defined. The bill would require the recommendations to address, but not be limited to, opportunities for the use of captured stormwater for irrigation to offset the use of potable water, as specified, and recommendations for, among other things, pathogens and pathogen indicators and total suspended solids. Prior to approving the recommendations, the bill would require the board to solicit and receive written public comment on proposed recommendations.

Who sponsors CA AB 638?

Celeste Rodriguez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 638, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the Stormwater Resource Planning Act, authorizes one or more public agencies to develop a stormwater resource plan that meets certain standards to address the capture of stormwater, as defined, and dry weather runoff, as defined. The act requires the State Water Resources Control Board, by July 1, 2016, to establish guidance for purposes of the act. This bill would require the board, by December 1, 2026, to develop recommendations for stormwater capture and use for the irrigation of urban public lands, as defined. The bill would require the recommendations to address, but not be limited to, opportunities for the use of captured stormwater for irrigation to offset the use of potable water, as specified, and recommendations for, among other things, pathogens and pathogen indicators and total suspended solids. Prior to approving the recommendations, the bill would require the board to solicit and receive written public comment on proposed recommendations.

Introduced
2025-03-19
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Celeste Rodriguezauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor
  • McKinnorcoauthor
  • Allencoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  4. 2025-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-20

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  6. 2025-03-26

    Coauthors revised.

  7. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  9. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  10. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1904.)

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  14. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W.

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  16. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  17. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  18. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  20. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 03/19/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-19Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • AB638Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    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: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 638 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-02 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes

  • 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

Related bills

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