CA AB 915
vetoedDam safety: state supervision: exceptions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 915 pass?
No. CA AB 915 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 915 about?
Existing law regulates the construction and operation of dams and exempts certain structures for these purposes. Existing law exempts certain wastewater treatment and storage ponds constructed as part of a wastewater control facility, as provided, from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams. This bill would additionally exempt from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams certain water storage facilities, structures, and activities associated with an energy storage system facility located in the County of Kern, as specified, that uses compressed air technology and meets certain criteria, including, among other things, a maximum water pool height of 25 feet or less from the final engineered grade, a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet or less, and supervision of the design and construction by a registered civil engineer. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Kern.
Who sponsors CA AB 915?
Petrie-Norris is the primary sponsor of CA AB 915.
Description
Existing law regulates the construction and operation of dams and exempts certain structures for these purposes. Existing law exempts certain wastewater treatment and storage ponds constructed as part of a wastewater control facility, as provided, from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams. This bill would additionally exempt from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams certain water storage facilities, structures, and activities associated with an energy storage system facility located in the County of Kern, as specified, that uses compressed air technology and meets certain criteria, including, among other things, a maximum water pool height of 25 feet or less from the final engineered grade, a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet or less, and supervision of the design and construction by a registered civil engineer. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Kern.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-22
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Petrie-Norrisauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-04-21
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-04-22
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1910.)
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2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-06-24
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-06-24
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-06-25
Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. 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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2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2884.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
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2025-09-12
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 12).
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2025-09-12
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3356.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3460.).
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2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-10-01
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-30 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: 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 915 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 78-0
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
- 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
- Ellis: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grove: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
3rd Reading AB915 Petrie-Norris By Grove
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.
2025-09-12 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Tangipa: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bains: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hart: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Macedo: yes
AB 915 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Haney: other
- McKinnor: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Addis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
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