CA AB 639
enactedDams: exceptions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 639 pass?
Yes. CA AB 639 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 639 about?
Existing law defines a dam to mean any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, that does or may impound or divert water, and meets other specified criteria. Existing law excludes from the definition a barrier that is or will be not in excess of 6 feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or that has or will have a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to supervise the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, maintenance, operation, and removal of dams and reservoirs for the protection of life and property. This bill would additionally exclude from the definition of a dam a barrier that does not impound water above the top of a levee where maximum storage behind the barrier has a minimum of 3 feet of freeboard on the levee and is a weir, as defined, but would apply only to specified weirs named in the bill.
Who sponsors CA AB 639?
Soria is the primary sponsor of CA AB 639.
Description
Existing law defines a dam to mean any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, that does or may impound or divert water, and meets other specified criteria. Existing law excludes from the definition a barrier that is or will be not in excess of 6 feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or that has or will have a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to supervise the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, maintenance, operation, and removal of dams and reservoirs for the protection of life and property. This bill would additionally exclude from the definition of a dam a barrier that does not impound water above the top of a levee where maximum storage behind the barrier has a minimum of 3 feet of freeboard on the levee and is a weir, as defined, but would apply only to specified weirs named in the bill.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-27
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2025.
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- bill
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Soriaauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-24
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
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2025-03-27
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25).
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2025-03-28
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
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2025-04-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1175.)
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2025-04-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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2025-06-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10).
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2025-06-11
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-23
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-06-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2427.).
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2025-09-03
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2918.).
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2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-25 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hart: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bennett: yes
Do pass.
2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sanchez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 639 Soria Assembly Third Reading
2025-04-21 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Flora: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Chen: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Rivas: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patel: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bains: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Schultz: other
- Papan: other
- Gallagher: other
- Valencia: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-10 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Limón: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Laird: yes
- Hurtado: yes
3rd Reading AB639 Soria By Caballero
2025-09-03 · pass · 38-1
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Hurtado: no
- Valladares: other
AB 639 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-04 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hart: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Flora: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ahrens: other
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