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CA SB 454

vetoed

State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 454 pass?

No. CA SB 454 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 454 about?

Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS contaminant levels. The bill would require a water supplier or sewer system provider to include a clear and definite purpose for how the funds will be used to provide public benefits to their community related to safe drinking water, recycled water, stormwater, or treated wastewater in order to be eligible to receive funds. The bill would require the state board to adopt guidelines to implement these provisions, as provided.

Who sponsors CA SB 454?

McNerney is the primary sponsor of CA SB 454, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law designates the State Water Resources Control Board as the agency responsible for administering specific programs related to drinking water, including, among others, the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities Funding Program. This bill, which would become operative upon an appropriation by the Legislature, would enact a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mitigation program. As part of that program, the bill would create the PFAS Mitigation Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize certain moneys in the fund to be expended by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to seek out nonstate, federal, and private funds designated for PFAS remediation and treatment and deposit the funds into the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the state board for specified purposes. The bill would authorize the state board to establish accounts within the PFAS Mitigation Fund. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys from the fund in the form of a grant, loan, or contract, or to provide assistance services to water suppliers and sewer system providers, as those terms are defined, for multiple purposes, including, among other things, to cover or reduce the costs for water suppliers associated with treating drinking water to meet the applicable state and federal maximum PFAS contaminant levels. The bill would require a water supplier or sewer system provider to include a clear and definite purpose for how the funds will be used to provide public benefits to their community related to safe drinking water, recycled water, stormwater, or treated wastewater in order to be eligible to receive funds. The bill would require the state board to adopt guidelines to implement these provisions, as provided.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • McNerneyauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Limóncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  3. 2025-10-01

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  4. 2025-10-01

    Vetoed by the Governor.

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  5. 2025-09-17

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  6. 2025-09-09

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2742.) 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 2994.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-09-02

    Read third time and amended.

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  12. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  13. 2025-07-02

    July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  14. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  16. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1283.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1201.) (May 23).

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  21. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  22. 2025-04-21

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  24. 2025-04-08

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

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  25. 2025-04-07

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 634.) (April 2).

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  26. 2025-03-24

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

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  27. 2025-03-11

    Set for hearing April 2.

  28. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  29. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  30. 2025-02-19

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

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-08Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • SB454Compare
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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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

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

  • 3rd Reading SB454 McNerney et al.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 37-0

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

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

    2025-06-17 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0

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

  • SB 454 McNerney Senate Third Reading By Connolly

    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 SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

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

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