Bill Commons

CA SJR 13

enacted

Transboundary flow pollution: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SJR 13 pass?

Yes. CA SJR 13 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-02): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 144, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SJR 13 about?

This measure would request the United States, at the 2026 joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , to secure and publicly adopt measurable and sustained commitments from the parties to eliminate chronic transboundary sewage discharges into the Tijuana River watershed and the flow of untreated sewage, industrial effluent, and toxic pollutants through the New River from Mexicali into the County of Imperial. The measure would further request that the United States commit to automatic nonrenewal of the USMCA should there be a failure of establishing commitments, benchmarks, and timelines relating to specific numeric discharge-reduction benchmarks for both the Tijuana River watershed and the New River, investment into and enforceable timelines for completion of wastewater infrastructure projects, and annual public reporting on compliance.

Who sponsors CA SJR 13?

Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SJR 13, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

This measure would request the United States, at the 2026 joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , to secure and publicly adopt measurable and sustained commitments from the parties to eliminate chronic transboundary sewage discharges into the Tijuana River watershed and the flow of untreated sewage, industrial effluent, and toxic pollutants through the New River from Mexicali into the County of Imperial. The measure would further request that the United States commit to automatic nonrenewal of the USMCA should there be a failure of establishing commitments, benchmarks, and timelines relating to specific numeric discharge-reduction benchmarks for both the Tijuana River watershed and the New River, investment into and enforceable timelines for completion of wastewater infrastructure projects, and annual public reporting on compliance.

Introduced
2026-03-24
Latest action
2026-07-02 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 144, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Padillaauthor
  • Wardcoauthor
  • Boernercoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-02

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 144, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-02

    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.

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  3. 2026-06-22

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  4. 2026-06-22

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5795.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. 2026-06-22

    Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16).

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  7. 2026-05-26

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

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  8. 2026-05-20

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  9. 2026-05-19

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4353.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    amendment-passage,passage,reading-1

  10. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4010.) (April 22).

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  11. 2026-04-17

    Set for hearing April 22.

  12. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-03-24

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Be adopted. Ordered to third reading

    2026-04-22 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Allen: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading SJR13 Padilla et al.

    2026-05-19 · pass · 38-0

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

  • Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-06-16 · pass · 6-0

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

  • SJR 13 Padilla Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-06-22 · pass · 71-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Bains: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Johnson: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR13

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