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CA AB 717

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Water rights: appropriation: small restoration use.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the Water Rights Permitting Reform Act of 1988, authorizes any person to obtain a right to appropriate water for a small domestic, small irrigation, or livestock stockpond use, as defined, upon registering the use with the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, payment of a registration fee, and application of the water to reasonable and beneficial use with due diligence. Existing law requires a person, in registering their water use to the board, to set forth a certification that the registrant has contacted the Department of Fish and Wildlife and to include a copy of any conditions required by the department. This bill would authorize any person to also obtain a right to appropriate water for a small restoration use, as defined. The bill would also authorize a person to apply for a restoration management permit from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, as provided, and if the permit is issued, the person would be required to include a copy of any conditions required by the restoration management permit with the required certification. Existing law exempts certain stream segments subject to certain minimum streamflow requirements from the provisions of the act upon proper registration. This bill, if the Director of Fish and Wildlife establishes proposed streamflow requirements for a stream segment, as specified, would instead prohibit the authorization of a registration for that stream segment until the board establishes instream flow requirements as a part of the general conditions applicable to that stream segment. The bill would require that the establishment of those instream flow requirements be done after the board considers the proposed streamflow requirements, if proposed by the director.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Aguiar-Curryauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  4. 2025-03-10

    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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  5. 2025-03-11

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-30

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

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  8. 2025-05-23

    In committee: Held under submission.

  9. 2026-01-31

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

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  10. 2026-02-02

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Alvarez: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB717

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