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CA AB 93

vetoed

Water resources: data centers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 93 pass?

No. CA AB 93 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 93 about?

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of an incorporated city and the county board of supervisors to license businesses carried on within their respective jurisdictions and to set license fees, as specified. This bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center, prior to applying to a city or a county for an initial business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, to provide its water supplier, under penalty of perjury, an estimate of the expected water use. When applying to a city or county for an initial business license, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to self-certify, under penalty of perjury, on the application that the person has provided its water supplier an estimate of the expected water use. When applying to a city or county for a renewal of a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to self-certify, under penalty of perjury, on the application, that they have provided the data center's water supplier with a report of the annual water use. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize the Department of Water Resources, as part of any efficiency standard adopted under a specified provision of law, to identify different tiers of data centers, based on factors affecting water consumption, and appropriate standards for each data tier. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 93?

Papan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 93.

Description

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of an incorporated city and the county board of supervisors to license businesses carried on within their respective jurisdictions and to set license fees, as specified. This bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center, prior to applying to a city or a county for an initial business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, to provide its water supplier, under penalty of perjury, an estimate of the expected water use. When applying to a city or county for an initial business license, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to self-certify, under penalty of perjury, on the application that the person has provided its water supplier an estimate of the expected water use. When applying to a city or county for a renewal of a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit, the bill would require a person who owns or operates a data center to self-certify, under penalty of perjury, on the application, that they have provided the data center's water supplier with a report of the annual water use. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize the Department of Water Resources, as part of any efficiency standard adopted under a specified provision of law, to identify different tiers of data centers, based on factors affecting water consumption, and appropriate standards for each data tier. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Papanauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-07

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-08

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.

  3. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and L. GOV.

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  4. 2025-03-24

    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. 2025-03-25

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

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 8).

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  7. 2025-04-10

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  9. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 30).

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  10. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  11. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-05-14

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

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  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 14. Page 1780.)

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  16. 2025-05-29

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

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  17. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV.

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  18. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  19. 2025-07-09

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16).

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  21. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  23. 2025-08-29

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

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  24. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  25. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  27. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2811.).

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  29. 2025-09-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  30. 2025-09-11

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3288.).

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  31. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  32. 2025-10-11

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  33. 2025-10-11

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  34. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 01/07/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-07Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 07/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-09Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • AB93Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Bains: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

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

    2025-04-30 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Ta: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    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
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 93 Papan Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 51-14

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Davies: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Wallis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Flora: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ávila Farías: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Bains: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Chen: other
    • Ta: other
    • Ward: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Soria: other
    • Solache: other
    • Patel: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Grove: no

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no

  • 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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB93 Papan By Laird

    2025-09-10 · pass · 30-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Grove: no
    • Niello: no
    • Jones: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Valladares: no

  • AB 93 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 59-16

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Bains: other

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