Bill Commons

CA SB 317

vetoed

Wastewater surveillance.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 317 pass?

No. CA SB 317 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 317 about?

Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health. The department administers the California Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard that provides an overview ​of data from testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus in California. The data in the dashboard is generated by those participating in the department's California Surveillance of Wastewaters (Cal-SuWers) network, including the Cal-SuWers program, WastewaterSCAN, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Wastewater Surveillance System, wastewater utilities, and academic, laboratory, and other state and federal partners. This bill would require the department, in consultation with participating wastewater treatment facilities, local health departments, and other subject matter experts, to maintain the Cal-SuWers network to test, as appropriate for public health use, for pathogens, toxins, or other public health indicators in wastewater. The bill would require participation in the Cal-SuWers network from local health departments and wastewater treatment facilities to be voluntary. The bill would authorize the department to coordinate with health care providers, local health departments, and emergency response agencies to ensure wastewater surveillance data is used for early intervention, outbreak response, epidemiological investigations, and public health planning. The bill would authorize the department to communicate to the general public, through a publicly accessible internet website, as specified, to provide transparency and public awareness of wastewater-based disease monitoring. The bill would authorize the department to utilize external funding sources, in addition to the department's existing, noncontinuously appropriated funding sources, to implement these provisions. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

Who sponsors CA SB 317?

Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 317, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health. The department administers the California Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard that provides an overview ​of data from testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus in California. The data in the dashboard is generated by those participating in the department's California Surveillance of Wastewaters (Cal-SuWers) network, including the Cal-SuWers program, WastewaterSCAN, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Wastewater Surveillance System, wastewater utilities, and academic, laboratory, and other state and federal partners. This bill would require the department, in consultation with participating wastewater treatment facilities, local health departments, and other subject matter experts, to maintain the Cal-SuWers network to test, as appropriate for public health use, for pathogens, toxins, or other public health indicators in wastewater. The bill would require participation in the Cal-SuWers network from local health departments and wastewater treatment facilities to be voluntary. The bill would authorize the department to coordinate with health care providers, local health departments, and emergency response agencies to ensure wastewater surveillance data is used for early intervention, outbreak response, epidemiological investigations, and public health planning. The bill would authorize the department to communicate to the general public, through a publicly accessible internet website, as specified, to provide transparency and public awareness of wastewater-based disease monitoring. The bill would authorize the department to utilize external funding sources, in addition to the department's existing, noncontinuously appropriated funding sources, to implement these provisions. The bill would make related findings and declarations.

Introduced
2025-02-11
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hurtadoauthor
  • McNerneycoauthor
  • Arambulacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  3. 2025-10-06

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  4. 2025-10-06

    Vetoed by the Governor.

    executive-veto

  5. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  6. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2890.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  7. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  12. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-06-18

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  15. 2025-06-17

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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  16. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S & T.M.

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  17. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  18. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1324.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  19. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  20. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1196.) (May 23).

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  21. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  23. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  24. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  25. 2025-04-28

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

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  26. 2025-04-24

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 868.) (April 23).

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  27. 2025-04-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  28. 2025-04-02

    Set for hearing April 23.

  29. 2025-03-26

    April 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  30. 2025-03-17

    Set for hearing April 2.

  31. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  32. 2025-02-12

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.

  33. 2025-02-11

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/11/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-11Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 04/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-28Compare
  • 06/18/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-18Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • SB317Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Padilla: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Special Consent SB317 Hurtado et al.

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-17 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Stefani: other

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

    2025-07-01 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • SB 317 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Michelle Rodriguez

    2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: 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
    • Muratsuchi: 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
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Nguyen: other

  • Unfinished Business SB317 Hurtado et al. Concurrence

    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

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