Natural Resources

• Forestry
• Oil and Gas
• Parks and Wildlife
• Water and Resources
• Miscellaneous

Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.

Forestry

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SB 125 (Gaines-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Exempts from the state responsibility areas fire fee established in AB 29X1 (Blumenfield, Chapter 8, Statutes of 2011, First Extraordinary Session) owners of those habitable structures that are also within the boundaries of a local fire district that provides fire protection service.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 147* (Gaines-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Exempts from the state responsibility areas fire fee, those structures on parcels owned by property owners who have an income of less than 200% of the federal poverty level as determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1075 (Knight-R) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Codifies the recommendation of the State Auditor and imposes annual reporting requirements on the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Specifies that the reporting requirements include information on the settled cases for the prior year including the name, date, location, and total costs of the fire, the value of the settlement, and related information.
Chapter 250, Statutes of 2014

SB 1413 (Wyland-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Extends the time period that property owners have to pay the fire prevention fee from 30 to 60 days; and extends the time period for property owners to request redetermination from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from 30 to 60 days.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 23 (Donnelly-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Repeals the fire prevention fee on structures located in state responsibility areas as of 1/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Identical to AB 124 (Morrell), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 124 (Morrell-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Repeals the fire prevention fee on structures located in state responsibility areas as of 1/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Identical to AB 23 (Donnelly), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB 350 (Wieckowski-D) Timber harvesting plans: exempt activities

Expands the timber harvest plan exemption for fuel reduction (La Malfa Exemption) by increasing the size of the tree that can be cut from 18 inches in stump diameter to 28 inches in stump diameter.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 875 (Chesbro-D) Forest management

Creates two watershed pilot projects with the primary goal of improving the state's collection, organization, management, use, and distribution of vital forestry-related information.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 929 (Jones-R) State responsibility areas: structures: fees

Requires the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, in collaboration with the Board of Equalization, to develop and implement, in accordance with prescribed requirements, a procedure for the reimbursement of persons who have paid, between 1/1/15 and 12/31/16, a fire prevention fee covering a structure that was previously in an area within a state responsibility area, but that has been determined to no longer be within the boundaries of that state responsibility area.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1519 (Donnelly-R) State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees

Eliminates the 20% penalty for each 30-day period in which the fire prevention fee remains unpaid after becoming final.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1867 (Patterson-R) Timber harvest plans: exemption: reducing flammable material

Authorizes, until no later than 1/1/19, the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt some or all requirements of the Forest Practices Act to allow the cutting or removal of trees on the person's property to reduce flammable materials and create defensible space; and extends the exemption that allows vegetation clearing from a radius of 150 feet to 300 feet of habitable structures, although it is technically proposed as a separate exemption.
Chapter 804, Statutes of 2014

AB 2031 (Dahle-R) Forest resources: timber assessment

Relieves retailers with sales of qualified lumber and engineered wood products of less than $25,000, during the previous calendar year, from liability to collect the Lumber Products Assessment and to report to the Board of Equalization.
Chapter 810, Statutes of 2014

AB 2048 (Dahle-R) Fire prevention fees: state responsibility areas

Amends the statutes governing the fire prevention fee by, among other things, clarifying who should pay the fee, exempting an owner of habitable structures from paying the fee if the structure was destroyed by natural disaster, and reducing the penalty for untimely fee payments.
Chapter 895, Statutes of 2014

AB 2082 (Dahle-R) Forest practices: resource conservation standards: stocking

Authorizes the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to adopt alternative post-timber harvesting stocking standards if those alternative standards reasonably address variables in forest characteristics and achieve suitable resource conservation, as provided.
Chapter 212, Statutes of 2014

AB 2112 (Dahle-R) Timber operations

Extends the time to file a notice of extension for a Timber Harvest Plan from 30 days to 140 days prior to the expiration date.
Chapter 89, Statutes of 2014

AB 2142* (Chesbro-D) Timber harvesting plans: exemptions

Adds Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Trinity Counties to the AB 744 (Dahle, Chapter 647, Statutes of 2013) pilot program, and provides that all of the AB 744 conditions apply.
Chapter 307, Statutes of 2014

AB 2184 (Chesbro-D) Forest restoration grants

Allow funds from the Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund to be allocated to local agencies to remediate former marijuana growing operations.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2239 (Chesbro-D) Forest practices: management plans: change of ownership

Clarifies and modifies the change of ownership requirements for Working Forest Management Plans and Nonindustrial Timber Management Plans.
Chapter 291, Statutes of 2014

AB 2465 (Chesbro-D) Burning of lands: private burns

Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to create a uniformed prescribed burn plan template for forest fuel treatment; and requires the Department and the Air Resources Board to develop an Internet Web site that contains the uniformed prescribed burn plan template and centralizes state information pertinent to prescribed burning for the purpose of promoting prescribed fire as a fuel treatment technique.
Vetoed

Oil and Gas

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SB 34* (Calderon-D) Greenhouse gas: carbon capture and storage

Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt a quantification methodology for carbon capture and storage projects for geologic sequestration. Requires the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources within the Department of Conservation to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide at an enhanced oil recovery project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 802 (Evans-D) Oil and gas operations: Uniform Trade Secrets Act

Requires the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to regulate oil and gas operations in conformance with provisions of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1096 (Jackson-D) Coastal sanctuary: State Lands Commission: oil and gas lease

Eliminates the exception in the California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994 that allows the State Lands Commission to issue an offshore oil lease if state oil or gas deposits are being drained by wells on federal lands and the lease is in the best interests of the state.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)

SB 1132 (Mitchell-D) Well stimulation treatments

Expands the scope of the independent scientific study to evaluate the risks and impacts of well stimulation techniques and related activities, including an evaluation of offshore well stimulation sites, human health risks, economic costs, disadvantaged communities, pipeline infrastructure, and emergency response.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 1281 (Pavley-D) Oil and gas production: water use: reporting

Requires the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to collect information regarding unlined oil and gas field sumps; and requires additional information on water used during oil and gas field activities on the reporting statements filed by an owner of a well, as specified.
Chapter 561, Statutes of 2014

SJR 29 (Lieu-D) Natural gas vehicle fuel standards

Urges any official of the State of California involved with the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) to strongly support the natural gas vehicle fuel standards recommended by the Natural Gas Steering Committee of the NCWM; and urges the U.S. Department of Commerce, the NCWM, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to work with the natural gas industry to develop natural gas vehicle fuel standards that are user and consumer friendly and that include recognition of the gasoline gallon equivalent and diesel gallon equivalent units for dispensing natural gas.
(Died in Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee)

AB 7 (Wieckowski-D) Hydraulic fracturing treatment

Requires the owner or operator of an oil and gas well in which hydraulic fracturing is utilized to provide the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, and the public, with specific information related to the hydraulic fracturing treatment.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 207 (Rendon-D) Offshore oil structures: marine resources and preservation

Revises provisions of an existing program that allows the partial removal of offshore oil structures.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 282 (Wieckowski-D) Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges

Extends the sunset date of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Program from 2016 until 2018, and extends the sunset of a $0.006 surcharge on petroleum stored in an underground storage tank from 2014 until 2016.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 649 (Nazarian-D) Hydraulic fracturing: use of clean freshwater

Prohibits hydraulic fracturing and the use of clean freshwater for fracturing purposes within 4,000 feet of a home, public building, school, source of drinking water, or sensitive human or environmental resource unless a specified stakeholder report is prepared and the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, and the California Environmental Protection Agency both approve and condition the proposal.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 669 (Stone-D) Drilling: hydraulic fracturing

Requires an oil and gas operator conducting hydraulic fracturing to include water quality and quantity information to the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources as part of the permit process and provide 30 days' notice to neighboring property owners prior to the commencement of hydraulic fracturing.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 982 (Williams-D) Hydraulic fracturing: groundwater

Requires the appropriate regional water quality control board to approve a proposed groundwater monitoring plan prior to noticing the intent to begin any oil or gas drilling. Requires the notice to include the source of water used during any hydraulic fracturing operations.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1104 (Salas-D) Biogas pipelines: exemption

Reinstates, until 1/1/18, a California Environmental Quality Act exemption for a biogas pipeline located in Fresno, Kern, Kings, or Tulare counties.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2014

AB 1301 (Bloom-D) Hydraulic fracturing

Prohibits hydraulic fracturing until the Legislature enacts subsequent legislation to determine when and under what conditions hydraulic fracturing may be conducted while protecting the public health and safety and the natural resources of the state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1323 (Mitchell-D) Hydraulic fracturing: regulation

Prohibits hydraulic fracturing until the date that regulations adopted by the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources regulating hydraulic fracturing take effect.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)

AB 1714 (Waldron-R) Energy resources: City of Escondido

Appropriates, to the extent permitted by federal law, $500,000 to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the purpose of providing a grant to the City of Escondido for energy saving programs, to be disbursed by the State Controller subject to the approval by the Director of the Department of Finance as to which court judgment or federal agency order is the proper source of the funds.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1907 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Use fuel tax: natural gas: gallon equivalent

Requires compressed and liquefied natural gas sold as motor vehicle fuels to be metered, labeled, and taxed in units of gasoline -and diesel-gallon equivalents, respectively.
Chapter 805, Statutes of 2014

AB 2656 (Jones-R) Petroleum: labeling

Requires the Division of Measurement Standards within the Department of Food and Agriculture to annually estimate and post online the cost per gallon of motor fuel resulting from compliance with California's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction regulations, and requires wholesale motor fuel invoices, product transfer documents, and retail gasoline pumps to publicize that estimated cost.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2677 (Rodriguez-D) Oil spill: contingency plan: railroad

Requires, on or before 1/1/17, the California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with 23 state agencies, interested stakeholders, relevant local agencies, and any other potentially affected state, local, or federal agency, to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report containing recommendations for an oil spill contingency plan designed to address inland oil spills resulting from the transportation of crude oil by rail.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2711* (Muratsuchi-D) Offshore oil lease: City of Hermosa Beach

Loans the City of Hermosa Beach $11.5 million to pay the liability it will incur if City voters reject a November 2014 local ballot initiative to approve an offshore oil lease on City tidelands.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 2718 (Bloom-D) Oil and gas: well stimulation treatment: notification

Requires the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to develop a standard form to be used for the neighbor notification. Requires the form to be in both English and Spanish and "designed to be easily understood by a layperson not trained in oil and gas development." Requires the independent entity providing the notification will be required to provide the Division with a copy of the notice.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 2764 (Assembly Natural Resources Committee) Public resources

Makes technical revisions to the State Lands Commission's (SLC) authority to cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States within certain lands held by the United States; extends the maximum period of cession from five years to 10 years; and authorizes SLC to approve cession at a regularly noticed SLC meeting.
Chapter 512, Statutes of 2014

Parks and Wildlife

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SB 170 (Wolk-D) Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

Exempts from the requirements to register as a food processing facility, and to obtain a permit as a retail food facility, a historic water-driven grist mill in order to allow grain to be milled, packaged and sold at the mill without having to meet the requirements of a food processing facility or a retail food facility.
Vetoed

SB 175 (Fuller-R) State game refuges: possession of weapons

Exempts active and retired peace officers, and those with concealed weapons permits, from the existing requirements to disassemble, keep in cases and unload, as applicable, all firearms when traveling in a state game refuge, and waives the existing notice requirements.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 355* (Beall-D) Natural Heritage Preservation tax credit program

Extends the Natural Heritage Preservation tax credit program until 6/30/20, and extends the period of time during which a taxpayer may carry forward any unused Preservation tax credit from eight to 15 years.
Chapter 620, Statutes of 2014

SB 583 (Berryhill-R) Sport fishing: licenses

Requires a resident or a nonresident, 16 years of age or older, upon payment of a specified base fee plus an administrative and implementation fee specific to recovering all costs to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to be issued a sport fishing license for the period of 12 consecutive months beginning on the date specified on the license, as prescribed.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 599 (Evans-D) State parks: oversight

Expands the oversight role of the State Park and Recreation Commission and requires the Commission to meet at least quarterly.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 633 (Pavley-D) State parks

Enacts several programmatic changes designed to reduce energy costs, increase revenue generation, and enhance visitor services at state parks, and requires separate tracking of the budget of the State Park and Recreation Commission.
Vetoed

SB 700 (Wolk-D) Natural resources: parks: carryout bags

Requires that retailers charge five cents for each reusable bag provided to customers at the point of sale. Revenues will fund grants to cities and counties for local parks and litter abatement and reduction programs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 735 (Wolk-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009

Authorizes, on or before 2/3/14, prescribed local entities to enter into a memorandum of understanding or other written agreement with the Delta Stewardship Council and the Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding multispecies conservation plans, as defined, that describes, among other things, how the parties will ensure that multispecies conservation plans that have been adopted or are under development are consistent with the Delta Plan.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SB 764 (Yee-D) Fish: accounting records: violation

Clarifies that the burden of providing the accounting record information is on the entity selling the fish to the retail merchant, not the buyer.
(Died at Assembly Desk)

SB 832 (Gaines-R) Kings Beach State Recreation Area

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to grant to the North Tahoe Public Utility District, subject to specified conditions, all of the rights, title, and interest of the state in the Kings Beach State Recreation Area, in the County of Placer; and requires that the real property conveyed be operated, maintained, and improved by the North Tahoe Public Utility District for public recreation purposes, as defined.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 968 (Hill-D) Public lands: Martins Beach property: access road

Directs the State Lands Commission to enter into negotiations with the owner of the property known as Martins Beach to acquire a right-of-way or easement for the creation of a public access route; and directs the Commission, if unable to reach an agreement to acquire a right-of-way or easement and the owners do not voluntarily provide public access by 1/1/16, to acquire such a right-of-way or easement by eminent domain.
Chapter 922, Statutes of 2014

SB 987 (Monning-D) California Sea Otter Fund: State Coastal Conservancy

Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Coastal Conservancy to conduct public outreach activities that encourage taxpayers to make contributions by voluntary check-off on a tax return to the California Sea Otter Fund; and specifies that the Department's expenditures for investigation, prevention, and enforcement actions from the Fund must be related to sea otter mortality.
Chapter 621, Statutes of 2014

SB 1086* (De León-D) Safe Neighborhood Parks, Rivers, & Coastal Protection Bond

Proposes a future state parks and resources bond that will be titled "The Safe Neighborhood Parks, Rivers, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2014," which authorizes the sale of an unspecified amount of bonds for parks, state conservancies, coastal and ocean programs, urban forestry, river parkways and urban rivers, and other resource protection and restoration efforts.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 1199 (Hancock-D) Wild and scenic rivers: Mokelumne River

Protects a nearly 37-mile portion of the Mokelumne River in Calaveras and Amador Counties in the Sierra Nevada as a "wild and scenic river" in the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and protects existing and future water rights.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1305 (Evans-D) State Park and Recreation Commission: budget

Directs the Department of Finance to establish a separate budget item for the State Park and Recreation Commission.
(Died in Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)

SB 1410* (Wolk-D) Wildlife management areas: payments

Makes a one-time appropriation of $19 million from the General Fund to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to pay for outstanding obligations for "payments in-lieu of taxes" to counties and makes a continuous annual appropriation of $2 million for future obligations.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1434 (Wolk-D) State Duck Stamp Account advisory committee

Requires the expenditure of all federal grant monies made available to the state under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 (commonly known as Pittman-Robertson Act or PR Act) to be consistent with the PR Act; and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, in applying for these federal grant monies, to give priority to projects that fulfill one or more specified purposes.
Chapter 259, Statutes of 2014

SB 1454 (Gaines-R) Enforcement: patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems

Authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to install patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems, commonly known as dashboard cameras, in patrol vehicles used by the Department peace officers.
Chapter 629, Statutes of 2014

AB 315 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) State parks: veteran of war: Purple Heart recipient

Makes recipients of a Purple Heart eligible to use all facilities of the state park system for free.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 504 (Chesbro-D) Fish: sea cucumbers: transgenic fish

Extends the statutory restrictions on commercial sea cucumber fishing from 2015 until 2020 and prohibits the hatchery production, stocking, incubation, or cultivation of any transgenic salmonid in California.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2014

AB 516 (Brown-D) Birds: taking: permits electrical projects

Authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue a permit to an applicant to take the nests or eggs of any bird and to take any birds-of-prey if the take is incidental to the construction of an electrical transmission infrastructure project, as defined, and if the applicant satisfies other specified conditions.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 709 (Nestande-R) Salton Sea Authority: restoration plan

Designates the Salton Sea Authority as the lead agency for restoration of the Salton Sea and requires the state to grant the Authority a 99-year lease for all state-owned lands within the Salton Sea ecosystem, including all state-owned lands underlying the Salton Sea.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 875 (Chesbro-D) Coastal salmon and steelhead fishery protection

Gives funding priority to the existing coastal salmon and steelhead fishery protection grant programs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 896 (Eggman-D) Wildlife management areas: mosquito abatement

Requires mosquito abatement and vector control districts whose boundaries include wildlife management areas to notify the Department of Fish and Wildlife of those areas that are of concern due to the potential for high mosquito populations, and requires the Department to consult with local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to identify those areas within wildlife management areas having the highest need for additional mosquito reduction through implementation of best management practices.
Chapter 494, Statutes of 2014

AB 1142 (Bloom-D) State beaches and parks: smoking ban

Prohibits any person from smoking, or disposing of used tobacco products, on a state coastal beach, as defined, or within a unit of the state park system, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 1230 (Donnelly-R) Mammals: use of dogs to pursue bears and bobcats

Prohibits a person from using dogs to hunt, pursue, or molest bears, but permits the use of one dog per hunter for the hunting of bears during open deer season, and the use of more than one dog per hunter during the open bear season except during the period when archery deer seasons or regular deer seasons are open.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1506 (Perea-D) San Joaquin River Conservancy: violations: penalties

Provides the San Joaquin River Conservancy with explicit authority to adopt infractions that can be enforced by any California peace officer. Sets the maximum penalty at $250.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2014

AB 1514 (Gonzalez-D) Natural community conservation planning agreements

Requires an agreement to implement a natural community conservation plan to identify all lands within the planning area that are classified by the State Geologist as containing mineral deposits of regional or statewide significance.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1603 (Stone-D) Outdoor Environmental Education and Recreation Program

Establishes the Outdoor Environmental Education and Recreation Program at the Department of Parks and Recreation to award grants to education programs for projects that increase opportunities for underserved and at-risk youth and other populations, especially youth, to participate in outdoor educational and recreational activities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1709 (Frazier-D) Wildlife: hunting licenses

Increases, beginning 7/1/15 and until 7/1/20, the eligible age for a junior hunting license from 16 to 18 years of age.
Chapter 456, Statutes of 2014

AB 2019 (Fong-D) Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark/swordfish fishery

Prohibits the use of drift gill nets to take shark and swordfish for commercial purposes.
(Failed passage in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2075 (Alejo-D) Crimes: importation or sale of endangered animals

Extends the sunset date from 1/1/15 to 1/1/20, of the law permitting trade and possession, as specified, in alligator and crocodile species, product or parts thereof.
Chapter 464, Statutes of 2014

AB 2105 (Frazier-D) Big game mammals: bighorn sheep

Authorizes a nonprofit organization designated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to assist in the sale of big game mammal hunting tags to retain 5% of the amount of the sale price of the tag as a vendor fee to cover administrative costs, and raises the fee for a nonresident Nelson bighorn ram tag.
Chapter 467, Statutes of 2014

AB 2140 (Bloom-D) Protection of orcas: unlawful activities

Makes it unlawful to hold in captivity, or use, an orca for performance or entertainment purposes, or to capture, import, export, or breed an orca in captivity.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2150 (Rendon-D) Department of Parks and Recreation

Establishes new requirements for the Department of Parks and Recreation that aim to preserve and improve access to parks and maintain state park facilities.
Vetoed

AB 2193 (Gordon-D) Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act

Enacts the Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act which requires the Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to approve a habitat restoration and enhancement project, as defined, if specified conditions are met as determined by the Director.
Chapter 604, Statutes of 2014

AB 2205 (Donnelly-R) Mammals: use of dogs to pursue bears

Allows a county-by-county reversal of the ban prohibiting the use of dogs to chase bears and eliminates authority for an optional hound tag program.
(Failed passage in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2210 (Williams-D) Nongame mammals: depredators

Revises current provisions to provide that nonnative fox squirrels (Sciurus niger), instead of red fox squirrels, may be taken at any time or in any manner in accordance with the Fish and Game Code and regulations adopted, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2267 (Beth Gaines-R) State park system: budgeting

Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation, commencing with the 2015-16 Budget proposal, to annually develop and publish state operation expenditures for the state park system to assist in the development of the Governor's annual budget proposal.
(Died in Assembly Budget Committee)

AB 2268 (Bigelow-R) Game mammals: wild pig depredation

Defines "pigs," prohibits the release of pigs into uncontrolled areas, and provides that an area shall be deemed controlled if the pigs are regularly cared for and enclosed by a lawful fence, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2364 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) State amphibian: California red-legged frog

Designates the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) as the official state amphibian, and makes legislative findings and declarations.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2014

AB 2409 (Cooley-D) California Waterfowl Habitat Program

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to enter into land use contracts to conserve waterfowl and waterfowl habitat with public entities.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2619 (Beth Gaines-R) Dams: fish: critically dry year

Prohibits the Department of Fish and Game, during the minimum flow of water in any river or stream, from granting permission to the dam owner to allow sufficient water to pass through a culvert, waste gate, or over or around the dam, to keep in good condition any fish that may be planted or exist below the dam, when, in the judgment of the Department, it is impracticable or detrimental to the owner to pass the water through the fishway, during a critically dry year.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2629 (Bloom-D) Conservation and mitigation banks: report

Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to include in the annual report the number of bank applications received for a proposed bank site that is concurrently a federally approved conservation or mitigation bank.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2657 (Bloom-D) Wildlife habitat areas: use of anticoagulants

Prohibits the use of anticoagulant rodenticides in wildlife habitat areas.
Chapter 475, Statutes of 2014

ACR 96 (Olsen-R) California State Park System: 150th anniversary

Recognizes the 150th anniversary of the California State Park System and urges all Californians to join in celebrating this important anniversary of our state park system.
Resolution Chapter 153, Statutes of 2014

ACR 130 (Rendon-D) Parks Make Life Better! Month

Declares July 2014 as "Parks Make Life Better!" Month. Recognizes the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities such as swimming pools, skate parks, dog parks, tennis courts, nature centers, and museums, for the health and development of all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 83, Statutes of 2014

ACR 143 (Bigelow-R) Buffalo Soldiers: Yosemite National Park

Recognizes the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers and honors the important role they played in the history of our national parks.
Resolution Chapter 95, Statutes of 2014

AJR 43 (Chesbro-D) California shellfish

States legislative findings and declarations regarding shellfish beds and the Legislature's support for a clean and healthy marine environment to protect shellfish beds and support for efforts to develop an improved permitting process.
Resolution Chapter 123, Statutes of 2014

Water and Resources

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SB 26 (Correa-D) Orange County Water District: land use

Requires the Orange County Water District, in the development of property that the District owns that is within the boundaries of a city, to give notice of its intent to that city, and hold a public hearing in certain instances.
Chapter 829, Statutes of 2014

SB 40* (Pavley-D) Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012

Changes the name of the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 to the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 42* (Wolk-D) Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Flood Protection Act

Enacts the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Flood Protection Act of 2014, which, if adopted by the voters, will authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6.475 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water, water quality, and flood protection program.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
A similar bill is AB 1331 (Rendon), which died in Senate Rules Committee.

SB 103 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2013: drought relief

Appropriates funding for immediate drought relief, water efficiency, emergency drinking water provision, groundwater protection, and flood management.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2014

SB 104 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Drought relief

Makes various changes to provide immediate drought relief, water efficiency, housing assistance and water supply protection related to the drought.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2014

SB 387 (Wright-D) Coastal resources: once-through cooling

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to permit once-through cooling to continue at existing powerplants to the extent allowable by federal law.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 449 (Galgiani-D) Local water supply programs or projects: funding

Requires the Department of Water Resources to conduct a statewide inventory of local regional water supply projects and post specified results of the inventory on the Department's Internet Web site by 7/1/14.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 474 (Nielsen-R) Sewerage Commission Oroville: appropriation of water

Authorizes the Sewerage Commission Oroville to apply for a permit to appropriate water up to the amount of treated wastewater that is discharged into the Feather River.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 658 (Correa-D) Orange County Water District Act

Requires the person responsible for contaminating or polluting the surface or groundwater of the Orange County Water District, to be liable for the costs actually incurred in investigating the contamination or pollution.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 671 (Monning-D) California Coastal Act: natural shoreline

Allows construction of specified structures that alters natural shoreline processes when designed to account for sea level rise.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 750 (Wolk-D) Water meters: building standards: multiunit structures

Requires, as of 1/1/15, that individual water meters, also called submeters, be installed on all new multifamily residential units or mixed commercial and multifamily units. Requires that landlords bill residents for the increment of water they use. Specifies landlord and tenant rights and obligations.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SB 757 (Berryhill-R) Groundwater management

Requires local agencies in high and medium priority basins that are in a condition of long-term overdraft to form a groundwater management agency or group of agencies by 1/1/18, and to self-certify a groundwater management plan or set of plans for the basin by 1/31/20.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

SB 793 (Lara-D) Air pollution: oceangoing vessels

Specifies that, pursuant to existing "at-berth" regulations, a vessel exceeding hours of service limitations because testing and inspection of vessel equipment have not validated safety shall be subject to minimum allowable penalty rates, if repairs necessary to complete the inspection have been ordered or scheduled at the earliest practicable time.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 848* (Wolk-D) Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Water Supply Act

Replaces the $11.14 billion water bond that is currently on the November 2014 ballot with a new $7.5 billion general obligation bond titled "The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Water Supply Act of 2014," and seeks voter approval to make unappropriated bond funds from specific water bonds, which were authorized in 2000 and earlier, eligible for appropriation for water supply projects.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 866* (Wolk-D) Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act

Removes the existing water bond from the November 2014 ballot and replaces it with a new authorization totaling $7.545 billion; and reauthorizes $425 million in unissued bonds, in addition to authorizing $7.120 billion in new general obligation bonds, all to fund water resources related programs and projects.
Vetoed

SB 868 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State water policy: groundwater resources

Contains necessary statutory and technical changes to implement the Budget Act of 2014 related to groundwater.
(Died on Assembly Floor)

SB 927* (Cannella-R) Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014

Amends the existing $11.14 billion water bond, reducing it to $9.217 billion.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 936 (Monning-D) Water supply infrastructure: relief bonds

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to allow the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and other financing entities to issue water rate relief bonds to finance water supply infrastructure.
Chapter 482, Statutes of 2014

SB 985 (Pavley-D) Stormwater resource planning

Requires a stormwater resource plan to be submitted to any applicable regional water management group to identify and prioritize stormwater and dry weather runoff capture projects for implementation in a prescribed quantitative manner, and to prioritize the use of lands or easements in public ownership for stormwater and dry weather runoff projects.
Chapter 555, Statutes of 2014

SB 1036 (Pavley-D) Urban water management plans

Requires the Department of Water Resources to include in its guidance for preparing an urban water management plan, a methodology that will help any urban water supplier that wants to make a calculation or estimate of the energy intensity of its water system; and allows the Department to consider Public Utilities Commission studies and calculations when developing the methodology.
Chapter 485, Statutes of 2014

SB 1049 (Pavley-D) Integrated regional water management plans

Expands the possible issues that may be addressed in an integrated regional water management plan and specifies who should be part of a regional water management group that prepares such a plan.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1120 (Galgiani-D) Local water supply programs or projects: funding

Requires the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to conduct a voluntary statewide survey of local regional water supply projects and post specified survey information on its Internet Web site by 7/1/15; and allows DWR to fulfill this requirement by using any other survey conducted by DWR in conjunction with other agencies or third parties.
Chapter 838, Statutes of 2014

SB 1130* (Roth-D) County Water Company of Riverside water system: liability

Provides limited immunities from liability relating to the reconstruction of a public water system in Riverside County for the Eastern Municipal Water District, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, the Western Municipal Water District, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Applies those immunities only if specific conditions are met, including that water provided to the water system must meet or exceed federal and state drinking water quality standards.
Chapter 173, Statutes of 2014

SB 1168 (Pavley-D) Groundwater management

Requires adoption of a sustainable groundwater sustainability plan by 1/31/20, for all high or medium priority basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft and by 1/31/22, for all other high and medium priority basins unless the basin is legally adjudicated or the local agency establishes it is otherwise being sustainably managed.
Chapter 346, Statutes of 2014

SB 1184 (Hancock-D) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Requires the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to prepare a regional resilience strategy for adapting to sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1250* (Hueso-D) Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014

Replaces the $11.14 billion water bond that is currently on the November 2014 ballot with a new $10.15 billion general obligation bond titled "The Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014."
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1259 (Pavley-D) Dams: sedimentation studies

Requires the Department of Water Resources to investigate and evaluate the loss of storage capacity behind dams resulting from sedimentation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1292 (Hueso-D) Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Increases, from $3 million to $5 million, the maximum amount of a construction grant award authorized under the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to each participating public water system serving a severely disadvantaged community for the system's share of the cost of a construction project.
Vetoed

SB 1319 (Pavley-D) Groundwater

Amends AB 1739 (Dickinson, Chapter 347, Statutes of 2014) together with SB 1168 (Pavley, Chapter 356, Statutes of 2014) to form the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and related provisions.
Chapter 348, Statutes of 2014

SB 1345 (Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee) Natural resources

Extends the sunset date of the Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act from 2015 until 2022, and makes technical and clarifying changes to the Public Resources and Water Codes.
Chapter 489, Statutes of 2014

SB 1370* (Galgiani-D) Reliable Water Supply Bond Act of 2014

Replaces the $11.14 billion water bond that is currently on the November 2014 ballot with a new $6.26 billion general obligation bond titled "Reliable Water Supply Bond Act of 2014."
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1390 (Correa-D) Santa Ana River Conservancy Program

Establishes the Santa Ana River Conservancy Program within the State Coastal Conservancy to address the resource and recreational goals of the Santa Ana River corridor; and requires the State Coastal Conservancy to prepare a Santa Ana River Parkway and Open Space Plan, as specified.
Chapter 562, Statutes of 2014

SB 1420 (Wolk-D) Water management: urban water management plans

Requires an urban water supplier to quantify and report distribution system water losses in its urban water management plan; authorizes the Department of Water Resources to require electronic filing of the plan; and directs the Department to develop guidance for estimating water savings from codes, standards, ordinances, and sustainability plans.
Chapter 490, Statutes of 2014

SJR 25 (Vidak-R) Water: agriculture

Calls on the President of the United States to use his executive authority to find innovative ways to provide more water for agriculture in California.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

SJR 34 (Galgiani-D) Water storage: federal funding

Urges the Congress of the United States to help fund water storage projects in California.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
Identical to SR 62 (Galgiani), which died in Senate Rules Committee.

SR 62 (Galgiani-D) Water storage: federal funding

Urges the Congress of the United States to help fund water storage projects in California.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
Identical to SJR 34 (Galgiani), which died at the Assembly Desk.

AB 1* (Alejo-D) Water quality: integrated plan: Salinas Valley

Appropriates $2 million to the State Water Resources Control Board for use by the Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group to develop an integrated plan to address the drinking water and wastewater needs of disadvantaged communities in the Salinas Valley. Requires the Board to submit the plan to the Legislature by 1/1/16. Provides that after the completion of the plan, any remaining funds may be spent on projects or feasibility studies.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 142 (Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee) Water resources: infrastructure

Requires the Department of Water Resources to initiate and complete a comprehensive study of California's state and local water supply infrastructure needs and provide a report to the Legislature by 7/1/14, that summarizes those findings.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 145 (Perea-D) State Water Resources Control Board

Transfers all the authority, duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction for the purposes of the California Safe Drinking Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund from the Department of Public Health to the State Water Resources Control Board, effective for the 2014-15 fiscal year.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 155 (Alejo-D) Monterey County Water Resources Agency

Allows the Monterey County Water Resources Agency to use a design-build process solely to award contracts to construct a pipeline or tunnel connecting two lakes owned and operated by the Agency.
Chapter 865, Statutes of 2014

AB 183 (Dickinson-D) Delta Protection Commission

Requires the executive director of the Delta Protection Commission to determine a discretionary project located in the primary zone to be consistent with the resource management plan provided that the project satisfies at least four of five specified criteria.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 248 (Gorell-R) Energy: powerplants: Ventura County

Establishes related findings and declarations regarding Ventura County and the State Water Resources Control Board's once-through cooling policy.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 295 (Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee) Water: supply: infrastructure

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board and the Drinking Water and Environmental Management Division of the Department of Public Health to initiate and complete a comprehensive study relating to the need for state funding for water projects and, on or before 7/1/14, to provide a report to the Legislature summarizing those findings.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 371 (Salas-D) Sewage sludge: Kern County

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to require the testing of sewage sludge or other biological solids applied on properties in Kern County.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 407 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Renewable energy resources: Salton Sea

Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to convene a stakeholders group to identify impediments and recommended steps that should be taken to properly maintain, develop, integrate, and transmit electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources located in and around the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area and the Geysers Geothermal Field.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 618 (Perea-D) San Joaquin River Conservancy

Makes a person who violates any posted regulation adopted by the San Joaquin River Conservancy guilty of an infraction punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
(Died at Assembly Desk)

AB 687 (Roger Hernández-D) Public drinking water systems: electricity

Gives public drinking water systems serving a disadvantaged community or a severely disadvantaged community the highest priority in acquiring electricity through direct access subscription for the treatment and remediation of contaminated groundwater.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 709 (Nestande-R) Salton Sea Authority: restoration plan

Designates the Salton Sea Authority as the lead agency for restoration of the Salton Sea; and requires the state to grant the Authority a 99-year lease for all state-owned lands within the Salton Sea ecosystem, including all state-owned lands underlying the Salton Sea.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 793 (Gray-D) San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Conservancy

Establishes the San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Conservancy to undertake various activities related to the San Joaquin Valley, as defined, and prescribes the management, powers, and duties of the conservancy; and creates the San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Conservancy Fund in the State Treasury.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1043 (Chau-D) Groundwater contamination

Eliminates the requirement for the Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to develop and adopt regulations governing the repayment of specified costs, and instead requires that costs subsequently recovered from a party responsible for the contamination, as defined, be repaid to the Board and deposited, and separately accounted for, in the Groundwater Contamination Cleanup Project Fund.
Chapter 349, Statutes of 2014

AB 1249 (Salas-D) Integrated regional water management plans

Requires that integrated regional water management plans include information regarding nitrate, arsenic, perchlorate, or hexavalent chromium, should those contaminants exist within the boundaries of the plan.
Chapter 717, Statutes of 2014

AB 1251 (Gorell-R) Water quality: stormwater

Establishes the Stormwater Task Force to develop recommended control for sources of stormwater pollution.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1331 (Rendon-D) Safe drinking water

Enacts the Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014, which, if adopted by the voters, will authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $8.2 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a climate change response for a clean and safe drinking water program.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
A similar bill is SB 42 (Wolk), which died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.

AB 1349 (Gatto-D) CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund

Establishes the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund to be administered by the Department of Water Resources to provide low-cost loans for water efficiency projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1445* (Logue-R) California Water Infrastructure Act of 2014

Enacts the California Water Infrastructure Act of 2014, which, if adopted by the voters, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5.8 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance public benefits associated with water storage and water quality improvement projects.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1471* (Rendon-D) Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act

Removes the existing water bond from the November 2014 ballot and replaces it with a new authorization totaling $7.545 billion; and reauthorizes $425 million in unissued bonds, in addition to authorizing $7.120 billion in new general obligation bonds, all to fund water resources related programs and projects.
Chapter 188, Statutes of 2014

AB 1527 (Perea-D) Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to provide incentives for the consolidation of public water systems based upon a service review developed by a local agency formation commission.
Vetoed

AB 1630 (Alejo-D) Water quality: integrated plan: Salinas Valley

Appropriates $500,000 from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund to the State Water Resources Control Board for use by the Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group to develop an integrated plan to address the drinking water and wastewater needs of the disadvantaged communities in the Salinas Valley.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1671 (Frazier-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: water conveyance system

Requires legislative authorization for any facility in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that moves water from new north Delta intakes by tunnel to the State Water Project or Federal Central Valley Project.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1674 (Bigelow-R) Vended water

Exempts a water-vending machine from current requirements if the drinking water vended by the machine derives from a groundwater basin that does not exceed the maximum contaminant levels.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1707 (Wilk-R) Water quality: scientific peer review

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to post on its Internet Web site a copy of the external scientific peer review conducted for proposed rules of the Board or a California regional water quality control board.
Chapter 722, Statutes of 2014

AB 1728 (Garcia-D) Contributions: local water boards

Makes all officials who are elected to local water boards subject to existing provisions of state law limiting contributions to officials from entities with business before the agency, as defined, involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use.
Vetoed

AB 1731 (Perea-D) Integrated regional water management plans

Requires that not less than 10% of the funding in each integrated regional water management region be used to facilitate and support the participation of disadvantaged communities in integrated regional water management planning, and for projects that address the critical water supply or water quality needs of those communities.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 1739 (Dickinson-D) Groundwater management

Provides specific authority to a groundwater sustainability agency, as defined in SB 1168 (Pavley, Chapter 346, Statutes of 2014), to impose certain fees; and authorizes the Department of Water Resources or an agency to provide technical assistance to entities that extract or use groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater resources.
Chapter 347, Statutes of 2014

AB 1874 (Gonzalez-D) Integrated regional water management plans: funding

Requires the Department of Water Resources to develop a streamlined funding process for the integrated regional water management program to pass-through funds directly to eligible regions.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1896 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Coachella Valley Water District: nonpotable water use

Adds landscaped common areas of residential developments maintained by a homeowner's association to those entities within the Coachella Valley Water District service area for which a person or local public agency is prohibited from using potable water for nonpotable uses.
Chapter 267, Statutes of 2014

AB 1905 (Alejo-D) Water storage facility: livestock stockpond use

Expands the ability to hold two water rights registrations for the same water storage facility and adds fire protection to the list of allowable uses for livestock stockponds.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2014

AB 1914 (Chesbro-D) Trinity River: permits: terms and conditions

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to conform water permits that affect the Trinity River to the instream flow requirements established by the federal government.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1983 (Gray-D) Water meters: multiunit structures

Authorizes the owner or operator of a building containing residential units to install equipment to determine or use an economic allocation methodology to approximate the quantity of water that is provided to the tenants and used in the common areas of that building.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2043* (Bigelow-R) Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014

Repeals the $11.4 billion general obligation water bond scheduled to appear on the November 2014 ballot and replaces it with an $8.035 billion general obligation water bond.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2049 (Dahle-R) Drinking water: point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment

Expands the authorization to use point-of-use and point-of-entry treatment systems, as specified, from 200 service connections to public water systems with up to 500 service connections.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 2067 (Weber-D) Urban water management plans

Amends the Urban Water Management Planning Act to simplify and update the demand management measure reporting requirements in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the independent technical panel; and delays the due date for the urban water management plans from 12/31/15, by six months to 7/1/16.
Chapter 463, Statutes of 2014

AB 2071 (Levine-D) Recycled water: animals

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to determine whether the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to animals will not pose a significant risk to public health or animal health, excluding certain dairy animals, and to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for this use to mitigate any safety concerns.
Chapter 731, Statutes of 2014

AB 2100* (Campos-D) Common interest developments: yard maintenance: drought

Prohibits a common-interest development from imposing a fine or assessment against an owner for reducing or eliminating watering of vegetation or lawns during a declared drought.
Chapter 164, Statutes of 2014

AB 2108 (Eggman-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley: flood management

Makes a number of changes to the statutes relating to flood management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 2179 (Gray-D) Water efficiency: standards and goals

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish standards and goals for achieving water use efficiency, in conjunction with the University of California, Merced.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2282 (Gatto-D) Building standards: recycled water systems

Requires the Building Standards Commission to adopt mandatory building standards for the installation of recycled water systems in newly constructed residential, commercial, and public buildings for the 2019 building code.
Chapter 606, Statutes of 2014

AB 2353 (Waldron-R) Environmental quality: water storage facilities

Creates a California Environmental Quality Act exemption for a project that expands the storage capacity of an existing publicly owned and operated surface water storage facility by up to 25%, or to replace an existing publicly owned and operated surface water storage facility, if certain conditions are met.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2361 (Jones-R) Proposition 65: enforcement

Prohibits any person from bringing an enforcement action against a company that employs 25 people or less for failure to provide a warning for an exposure to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, in violation of Proposition 65, unless certain conditions are met.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 2442 (Gordon-D) Remedial action: liability

Prohibits the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), regional board, or an employee of the SWRCB or regional board from being held liable in a civil proceeding for trespass or any other act that is necessary to carry out an investigation, cleanup, abatement, or other remedial work; and prohibits the SWRCB, regional board, or any authorized person from incurring any obligation to undertake additional investigation, cleanup, abatement, or other remedial work solely because of its decision to undertake that work.
Chapter 739, Statutes of 2014

AB 2443 (Rendon-D) Mutual water companies: duplication of service

Allows specified agencies to provide recycled water service in the territory of mutual water companies, without providing compensation; and exempts a political subdivision, such as a water district, that constructs facilities to provide or extend recycled water services to the territory of the mutual water company from the service duplication law which requires payment of compensation to privately owned water utilities by a political subdivision that provides duplicate water service in the same service area.
Chapter 817, Statutes of 2014

AB 2446 (Waldron-R) Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District

Removes the sunset clause on the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District's ability to impose a standby fee of up to $30 per acre, thereby making that provision permanent.
Chapter 818, Statutes of 2014

AB 2453 (Achadjian-R) Paso Robles Basin Water District

Authorizes, until 1/1/19, the formation, governing board structure and powers of the Paso Robles Basin Water District (District) in San Luis Obispo County, with the District's boundaries to be established by the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission; authorizes the District to develop, adopt, and implement a groundwater management plan to control extractions from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin aquifers, as specified; and authorizes the District to impose groundwater extraction charges, to establish extraction allocations, and to impose extraction surcharges to, among other things, discourage the use of groundwater beyond the extraction allocation.
Chapter 350, Statutes of 2014

AB 2463 (Dickinson-D) Water: plans

Requires the Department of Water Resources to partner with the Regional Water Authority, water suppliers in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties, and other interested agencies to develop a plan to improve water supply reliability in the Sacramento region; and requires the Department to submit the plan to the Legislature by 1/1/21.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2478 (Stone-D) San Lorenzo River

Allows state funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be used within the flood control project boundaries of the San Lorenzo River for environmental studies, engineering plans, and construction activities to mitigate the impacts of summer low-flow water conditions at the river mouth.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 2554 (Rendon-D) Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014

Repeals the $11.14 billion bond for water-related projects and programs that was drafted in 2009, and replaces it with a revised $8.5 billion water bond.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2686* (Perea-D) Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014

Repeals the $11.14 billion general obligation water bond scheduled to appear on the November 2014 ballot and replaces it with a general obligation water bond of an unspecified amount, but at least $10.25 billion.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2725 (Brown-D) Urban waterway restoration

Requires the Department of Water Resources to release assumptions and estimates relating to water use for urban waterway restoration.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 2737 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Safe drinking water

Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an unspecified number of pilot projects to improve drinking water.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2759 (Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee) Truckee and Walker Rivers

Repeals unconstitutional Water Code provisions and clarifies that the State Water Resources Control Board must administer the water rights of the Truckee and Walker Rivers consistent with federal law.
Chapter 274, Statutes of 2014

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SB 461 (Leno-D) State tide and submerged lands

Creates the Coastal Adaptation Fund and requires the Legislature to appropriate in the Budget Act at least $6 million but no more than $10 million annually from tidelands oil revenue to fund activities to address sea level rise and coastal climate change impacts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 574 (Nielsen-R) Underground storage tanks: corrective action

Expands the exception for the requirement that only the current or past owner of a petroleum underground storage tank can apply for reimbursement of cleanup costs related to a release from that tank.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 861 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Public resources: trailer bill

Makes various changes to implement the resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture budget actions adopted as part of the 2014-15 Budget package.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2014

SB 862 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Greenhouse gases: emissions reduction

Makes various changes to implement the resources, environmental protection, energy, and agricultural budget actions adopted as part the 2014-15-Budget package.
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2014

SB 874 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Public resources

Makes various technical adjustments to the resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture 2014 Budget actions.
(Died on Assembly Floor)

SB 941 (Monning-D) Vessel operator cards

Requires that the Division of Boating and Waterways develop a vessel operator education program and issue a vessel operator card, as specified; and prohibits the operation of any vessel with an engine by anyone who had not received one of the new vessel operator cards with certain exceptions.
Chapter 433, Statutes of 2014

SB 1139 (Hueso-D) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

Mandates that retail sellers procure a proportionate share of a statewide total of 500 megawatts of electricity generated by base load geothermal power plants constructed after 1/1/15.
(Died on Assembly Floor)

SB 1162 (Berryhill-R) Vessels: violations

Reclassifies all of the violations listed in the existing law section as infractions rather than misdemeanors. Provides that this reclassification removes any jail time from the punishment.
Chapter 67, Statutes of 2014

SB 1217 (Leno-D) Climate change: preparedness

Places requirements upon various state agencies to assess the risks and impacts of climate change and incorporate findings into state policy and infrastructure investment planning and decision making.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1268 (Beall-D) Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program

Establishes the Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program under the Air Resources Board to assist in the development and implementation of regionally integrated natural resource projects that maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions or sequestration.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill is AB 2348 (Stone), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

SB 1270 (Pavley-D) Surface mining operations

Creates the Division of Mines within the Department of Conservation, which will be responsible for the Department's role under mining laws, and amends the roles of the State Mining and Geology Board so that it is an appeals and rule-making body.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1275 (De León-D) Vehicle retirement and replacement

Establishes the Charge Ahead California Initiative to provide incentives that increase the availability of zero-emission vehicles and near-zero-emission vehicles, particularly in disadvantaged and low-and-moderate-income communities.
Chapter 530, Statutes of 2014

SB 1289 (Fuller-R) Off-highway motor vehicle recreation: land transfer

Authorizes the State Lands Commission to transfer to the Department of Parks and Recreation unidentified parcels of land owned by the state adjacent to the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area for off-highway motor vehicle recreation.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1398 (Cannella-R) Flood control activities: Salinas River

Defines "maintenance activities" to mean activities specified in a plan for flood control purposes along the Salinas River in the County of Monterey, if specified requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1424 (Wolk-D) State property: tidelands transfer: City of Martinez

Grants state trust lands to the City of Martinez in exchange for a revenue-sharing agreement with the state.
Chapter 628, Statutes of 2014

SCR 90 (Hueso-D) Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team

Declares the Legislature's intent to work with the Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team to take various actions to protect and preserve the Tijuana River Valley, to encourage collaboration with the team to protect and enhance our natural resources through improved management of sediment and trash, flood control, ecosystem management, and recreation and education, and to promote bilateral ties with Mexico that will be beneficial to the enhancement of one of California's most resilient ecosystems.
Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 2014

SCR 140 (Evans-D) Wesley Chesbro Pudding Creek Trestle

Designates the Pudding Creek Trestle, in MacKerriker State Park in Mendocino County, as the Wesley Chesbro Pudding Creek Trestle.
Resolution Chapter 151, Statutes of 2014

SJR 20 (Leno-D) Safeguard Our Coast Day

Recognizes the 50th anniversary of the state's leadership and innovation in coastal planning and management and proclaims 2/16/15, and each third Monday of February thereafter, as "Safeguard Our Coast Day."
Resolution Chapter 110, Statutes of 2014

AB 29 (Williams-D) Proposition 39: implementation: higher education

Requires the California Energy Commission to administer, in coordination with the Public Utilities Commission, the Office of the President of the University of California, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, grants, loans, or other financial assistance to the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges for projects that create jobs in California by reducing energy demand and consumption at eligible institutions.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 114 (Salas-D) Proposition 39: implementation: workforce development

Requires the Clean Energy Jobs and Workforce Development Program grant recipients to report to the California Workforce Investment Board the number of individuals trained, their demographic and geographic profile, number of training completions, and number of job placements.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 148 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Salton Sea restoration

Recasts the requirement that the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency and the Legislature maintain full authority and responsibility for any state obligation under the Quantification Settlement Agreement to instead provide that specified provisions of law do not alter any state responsibility under the Agreement or the state's authority to carry out that responsibility. Makes other clarifying and technical changes to AB 71 (Pérez, Chapter 402, Statutes of 2013).
Chapter 124, Statutes of 2014

AB 177 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Renewable resources: Salton Sea

Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Natural Resources Agency and the Salton Sea Authority, to solicit and consider recommendations regarding development of renewable energy resources in the Salton Sea area.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 203 (Stone-D) Coastal Commission: restoration and cease and desist orders

Authorizes the Coastal Commission, no later than January 1 of each year, to submit to each house of the Legislature an annual report describing the restoration orders and cease and desist orders issued by the Commission during the previous calendar year.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 288 (Levine-D) California Coastal Commission: meeting notices

Requires the Coastal Commission to make the notice of any public meeting or hearing available in both English and Spanish; and authorizes, but does not require the Commission to make the notice available in any other language.
Chapter 866, Statutes of 2014

AB 338 (Chávez-R) State property: surplus

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, with the approval of the Director of the Department of General Services, to enter into an agreement with the City of Carlsbad for the exchange of specified parcels of real property subject to certain conditions.
(Died In Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee)

AB 453 (Mullin-D) Sustainable communities

Makes local agency formation commissions eligible for financial assistance from Proposition 84 for planning purposes and requires the commissions to consider greenhouse gas emissions associated with development when reviewing proposals for a change of organization.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 474 (Stone-D) Ex parte communications: disclosure forms

Requires the Coastal Commission's standard disclosure forms for reporting ex parte communications to include (1) the identity of the person on whose behalf the communication was made, and (2) the identity of all persons present during the communication. Clarifies that the forms must include a complete, comprehensive description of the content of the ex parte communication, including a complete set of all text and graphic material that was part of the communication.
Chapter 125, Statutes of 2014

AB 716 (Quirk-Silva-D) Infrastructure: state planning and funding

Requires the Strategic Growth Council to assist the Governor in submitting the annual five-year infrastructure plan to the Legislature; adds housing to the definition of infrastructure for purposes of the plan; and requires the proposals for funding infrastructure identified in the plan to include investment coordination opportunities related to infill and transit-oriented development.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 735 (Gomez-D) Greenway Initiative

Establishes the statewide Greenway Initiative to promote the development of greenways along rivers in the state, including a greenway along the Los Angeles River.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 846 (Achadjian-R) Energy: property assessed clean energy

Authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to voluntarily enter into an agreement with a property assessed clean energy program to finance, refinance, or lease the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 976 (Atkins-D) California Coastal Act: violations

Authorizes until 1/1/19, the Coastal Commission, by majority vote and at a duly noticed public hearing, to impose an administrative civil penalty on a person who intentionally and knowingly violates the California Coastal Act.
(Died in Conference Committee)

AB 1021 (Eggman-D) Alternative energy: recycled feedstock

Makes personal property that primarily processes or utilizes recycled feedstock that is intended to be reused in the production of another product or soil amendment, eligible for sales and use tax exemption under the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1161 (Salas-D) Mining activities: nuisance

Provides that no mining activity, operation or facility, or appurtenances thereof, as defined, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes by means of a quarry or pit for more than three years pursuant to an active, valid land use authorization and reclamation plan, as specified, shall become a nuisance due to any changed condition in the locality if it was not a nuisance at the time it began, except as specified.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1406 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Renewable energy resources

Deletes a requirement that the California Energy Commission provide a report on run-of-river hydroelectric generation facilities by 6/30/11. Deletes a requirement that the Renewables Portfolio Standard is intended to complement the Renewable Energy Resources Program.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1408 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Distributed energy resources: tariffs

Deletes the reference to the report the Public Utilities Commission is required to prepare and submit to the Legislature on or before 6/1/02, that describes its proposed methodology for determining the new rates and the process by which it will establish those rates.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1466 (Assembly Budget Committee) Public Resources: trailer bill

Makes various changes to implement the resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture budget actions adopted as part of the 2014-15 Budget package.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 1478 (Assembly Budget Committee) Public resources

Makes various technical adjustments to the resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture 2014 Budget actions.
Chapter 664, Statutes of 2014

AB 1624 (Gordon-D) Self-generation incentive program

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to require electrical corporations to continue the collection for the self-generation incentive program for distributed energy resources originally established pursuant to existing law through and including 12/31/20, and to administer the program through and including 12/31/21.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1759 (Rendon-D) California Coastal Commission: appointments

Specifies, for purposes of current provisions governing commission appointments, that a "city council member" may also include a locally elected mayor of a charter city.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1767 (Holden-D) Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: property destruction

Increases the $1,000 maximum fine for crimes against property owned or managed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to $1,500.
Chapter 536, Statutes of 2014

AB 1779 (Beth Gaines-R) Energy resources: report

Requires the California Energy Commission to prepare a report on the effect of specified policies on electricity reliability and rates.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1784 (Quirk-D) Beverage containers: enforcement

Prohibits a certified recycling center from accepting or paying a refund value to a consumer for more than 50 pounds of empty beverage containers submitted by that consumer to the certified recycling center during a single 24-hour period.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1789 (Williams-D) Pesticides: neonicotinoids: reevaluation

Requires, on or before 7/1/18, the Department of Pesticide Regulation to issue a determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2014

AB 1799 (Gordon-D) Land use: mitigation lands

Exempts a governmental entity or special district from the requirement to provide an endowment for long-term stewardship of mitigation lands if the entity provides evidence that it possesses an investment-grade credit rating and provides a resolution or contractual agreement to enforce the mitigation requirements.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1846 (Gordon-D) Beverage containers: enforcement

Clarifies and strengthens the enforcement provisions under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
Chapter 597, Statutes of 2014

AB 1922 (Gomez-D) Greenway Development and Sustainment Act

Expands the types of nonprofits who can acquire and hold conservation easements, defines greenways as a type of open space for the purpose of an open-space element of a general plan, and makes various findings and declarations.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1935 (Campos-D) Electricity: clean distributed energy resources

Adds clean distributed energy resources to a study regarding distributed generation impacts and creates a new definition for "clean distributed energy resources."
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1943 (Chesbro-D) Tidelands: City of Eureka

Revises the statutory obligation for the City of Eureka to remit certain funds to the state related to tidelands and submerged lands located in Humboldt Bay that were granted to the City in the 1970s.
Chapter 891, Statutes of 2014

AB 2081 (Daly-D) Agricultural historical resources

Clarifies that for purposes of existing law regarding registration of state historical landmarks and points of historical interest, "places" includes, but is not limited to, living and producing vineyards, orchards, and groves, and that such resources may be listed as historical resources.
Vetoed

AB 2227 (Quirk-D) Citizens Oversight Board: implementation

Establishes procedures and guidance for the Citizens Oversight Board created by the California Clean Energy Jobs Act.
Chapter 683, Statutes of 2014

AB 2251 (Yamada-D) Beverage containers: redemption value

Clarifies the authority of the Department of Food and Agriculture and county sealers to enforce over-collection of the California Redemption Value on beverage containers.
Chapter 605, Statutes of 2014

AB 2348 (Stone-D) Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program

Creates the Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program, to be administered by the Natural Resources Agency in coordination with the Air Resources Board, to assist in the development and implementation of natural resource projects that maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions or sequestration.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1268 (Beall), which died in Senate Appropriations Committee.

AB 2392 (Gatto-D) Recycling: plastic containers

Increases the recycling rate that a product-associated, or single resin type, rigid plastic packaging container is required to meet under this criteria to 75%, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by changing the definition of a crime.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2395 (Lowenthal-D) Oxnard Harbor District: infrastructure projects: funding

Raises, for the Oxnard Harbor District, the amount it can borrow and incur indebtedness from $1 million to $10 million.
Chapter 293, Statutes of 2014

AB 2467 (Nestande-R) Beverage container recycling and litter reduction

Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to pay a market development payment to both certified entities and product manufacturers for empty plastic beverage containers.
Vetoed

AB 2516 (Gordon-D) Sea level rise planning: database

Creates the Planning for Sea Level Rise Database, until 1/1/18, to be managed by the Natural Resources Agency. Requires various public and private entities to provide the Agency with existing sea level rise planning information that is to be posted and updated biannually on the Database.
Chapter 522, Statutes of 2014

AB 2529 (Williams-D) Energy: usage: plug-in equipment

Requires the California Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to perform a baseline study of energy usage by plug-in equipment and develop an implementation plan to achieve specified reductions by 2030.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2597 (Ting-D) Property Assessed Clean Energy program

Modifies the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority's underwriting standard for the Property Assessed Clean Energy program by providing that financing cannot exceed 15% for the first $700,000 of the value of the property and 10% for the remaining value of the property, and substitutes the term "loan" with "financing" within various parts of the energy program.
Chapter 614, Statutes of 2014

AB 2633 (Allen-R) Recycling: plastic material

Revises the state's 75% recycling goal to include waste-to-energy as recycling and requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to take specified actions to encourage specified recycling and waste-to-energy technologies.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2636 (Gatto-D) CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund

Creates the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, which is administered by the Department of Water Resources in order to provide low-interest loans and grants to local agencies for urban and agricultural water use efficiency projects.
Chapter 825, Statutes of 2014

AB 2675 (Lowenthal-D) State agency: public contracts

Requires, by 1/1/20, state agencies that purchase products specified in the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign to increase the threshold of recycled purchases from 50% to 75%, except for paint, antifreeze, and tires.
Chapter 617, Statutes of 2014

ACR 90 (Rendon-D) Wilderness Act of 1964

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and proclaims the significance of continuing to protect national wilderness areas.
Resolution Chapter 54, Statutes of 2014

ACR 160 (Gordon-D) Sea level rise

Encourages the Ocean Protection Council to work with state agencies and non-state partners to consider establishing coastal climate adaptation goals and planning principles to help prepare the state's shoreline and coastal communities for the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, coastal erosion, and extreme storm-related events.
Resolution Chapter 146, Statutes of 2014

HR 39 (Ting-D) Compost Awareness Week

Designates the week of May 5 to 11, 2014, as Compost Awareness Week.
Adopted by the Assembly

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Measure and Reference	Author	Measure Title
SB 26 - Water and Resources	Correa-D	Orange County Water District: land use
SB 34* - Oil and Gas	Calderon-D	Greenhouse gas: carbon capture and storage
SB 40* - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012
SB 42* - Water and Resources	Wolk-D	Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Flood Protection Act
SB 103 - Water and Resources	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	Budget Act of 2013: drought relief
SB 104 - Water and Resources	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	Drought relief
SB 125 - Forestry	Gaines-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
SB 147* - Forestry	Gaines-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
SB 170 - Parks and Wildlife	Wolk-D	Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
SB 175 - Parks and Wildlife	Fuller-R	State game refuges: possession of weapons
SB 355* - Parks and Wildlife	Beall-D	Natural Heritage Preservation tax credit program
SB 387 - Water and Resources	Wright-D	Coastal resources: once-through cooling
SB 449 - Water and Resources	Galgiani-D	Local water supply programs or projects: funding
SB 461 - Miscellaneous	Leno-D	State tide and submerged lands
SB 474 - Water and Resources	Nielsen-R	Sewerage Commission Oroville: appropriation of water
SB 574 - Miscellaneous	Nielsen-R	Underground storage tanks: corrective action
SB 583 - Parks and Wildlife	Berryhill-R	Sport fishing: licenses
SB 599 - Parks and Wildlife	Evans-D	State parks: oversight
SB 633 - Parks and Wildlife	Pavley-D	State parks
SB 658 - Water and Resources	Correa-D	Orange County Water District Act
SB 671 - Water and Resources	Monning-D	California Coastal Act: natural shoreline
SB 700 - Parks and Wildlife	Wolk-D	Natural resources: parks: carryout bags
SB 735 - Parks and Wildlife	Wolk-D	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009
SB 750 - Water and Resources	Wolk-D	Water meters: building standards: multiunit structures
SB 757 - Water and Resources	Berryhill-R	Groundwater management
SB 764 - Parks and Wildlife	Yee-D	Fish: accounting records: violation
SB 793 - Water and Resources	Lara-D	Air pollution: oceangoing vessels
SB 802 - Oil and Gas	Evans-D	Oil and gas operations: Uniform Trade Secrets Act
SB 832 - Parks and Wildlife	Gaines-R	Kings Beach State Recreation Area
SB 848* - Water and Resources	Wolk-D	Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Water Supply Act
SB 861 - Miscellaneous	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	Public resources: trailer bill
SB 862 - Miscellaneous	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	Greenhouse gases: emissions reduction
SB 866* - Water and Resources	Wolk-D	Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act
SB 868 - Water and Resources	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	State water policy: groundwater resources
SB 874 - Miscellaneous	Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee	Public resources
SB 927* - Water and Resources	Cannella-R	Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014
SB 936 - Water and Resources	Monning-D	Water supply infrastructure: relief bonds
SB 941 - Miscellaneous	Monning-D	Vessel operator cards
SB 968 - Parks and Wildlife	Hill-D	Public lands: Martins Beach property: access road
SB 985 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Stormwater resource planning
SB 987 - Parks and Wildlife	Monning-D	California Sea Otter Fund: State Coastal Conservancy
SB 1036 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Urban water management plans
SB 1049 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Integrated regional water management plans
SB 1075 - Forestry	Knight-R	Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
SB 1086* - Parks and Wildlife	De León-D	Safe Neighborhood Parks, Rivers, & Coastal Protection Bond
SB 1096 - Oil and Gas	Jackson-D	Coastal sanctuary: State Lands Commission: oil and gas lease
SB 1120 - Water and Resources	Galgiani-D	Local water supply programs or projects: funding
SB 1130* - Water and Resources	Roth-D	County Water Company of Riverside water system: liability
SB 1132 - Oil and Gas	Mitchell-D	Well stimulation treatments
SB 1139 - Miscellaneous	Hueso-D	California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
SB 1162 - Miscellaneous	Berryhill-R	Vessels: violations
SB 1168 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Groundwater management
SB 1184 - Water and Resources	Hancock-D	San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
SB 1199 - Parks and Wildlife	Hancock-D	Wild and scenic rivers: Mokelumne River
SB 1217 - Miscellaneous	Leno-D	Climate change: preparedness
SB 1250* - Water and Resources	Hueso-D	Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014
SB 1259 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Dams: sedimentation studies
SB 1268 - Miscellaneous	Beall-D	Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program
SB 1270 - Miscellaneous	Pavley-D	Surface mining operations
SB 1275 - Miscellaneous	De León-D	Vehicle retirement and replacement
SB 1281 - Oil and Gas	Pavley-D	Oil and gas production: water use: reporting
SB 1289 - Miscellaneous	Fuller-R	Off-highway motor vehicle recreation: land transfer
SB 1292 - Water and Resources	Hueso-D	Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
SB 1305 - Parks and Wildlife	Evans-D	State Park and Recreation Commission: budget
SB 1319 - Water and Resources	Pavley-D	Groundwater
SB 1345 - Water and Resources	Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee	Natural resources
SB 1370* - Water and Resources	Galgiani-D	Reliable Water Supply Bond Act of 2014
SB 1390 - Water and Resources	Correa-D	Santa Ana River Conservancy Program
SB 1398 - Miscellaneous	Cannella-R	Flood control activities: Salinas River
SB 1410* - Parks and Wildlife	Wolk-D	Wildlife management areas: payments
SB 1413 - Forestry	Wyland-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
SB 1420 - Water and Resources	Wolk-D	Water management: urban water management plans
SB 1424 - Miscellaneous	Wolk-D	State property: tidelands transfer: City of Martinez
SB 1434 - Parks and Wildlife	Wolk-D	State Duck Stamp Account advisory committee
SB 1454 - Parks and Wildlife	Gaines-R	Enforcement: patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems
SCR 90 - Miscellaneous	Hueso-D	Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team
SCR 140 - Miscellaneous	Evans-D	Wesley Chesbro Pudding Creek Trestle
SJR 20 - Miscellaneous	Leno-D	Safeguard Our Coast Day
SJR 25 - Water and Resources	Vidak-R	Water: agriculture
SJR 29 - Oil and Gas	Lieu-D	Natural gas vehicle fuel standards
SJR 34 - Water and Resources	Galgiani-D	Water storage: federal funding
SR 62 - Water and Resources	Galgiani-D	Water storage: federal funding
AB 1* - Water and Resources	Alejo-D	Water quality: integrated plan: Salinas Valley
AB 7 - Oil and Gas	Wieckowski-D	Hydraulic fracturing treatment
AB 23 - Forestry	Donnelly-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
AB 29 - Miscellaneous	Williams-D	Proposition 39: implementation: higher education
AB 114 - Miscellaneous	Salas-D	Proposition 39: implementation: workforce development
AB 124 - Forestry	Morrell-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
AB 142 - Water and Resources	Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee	Water resources: infrastructure
AB 145 - Water and Resources	Perea-D	State Water Resources Control Board
AB 148 - Miscellaneous	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Salton Sea restoration
AB 155 - Water and Resources	Alejo-D	Monterey County Water Resources Agency
AB 177 - Miscellaneous	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Renewable resources: Salton Sea
AB 183 - Water and Resources	Dickinson-D	Delta Protection Commission
AB 203 - Miscellaneous	Stone-D	Coastal Commission: restoration and cease and desist orders
AB 207 - Oil and Gas	Rendon-D	Offshore oil structures: marine resources and preservation
AB 248 - Water and Resources	Gorell-R	Energy: powerplants: Ventura County
AB 282 - Oil and Gas	Wieckowski-D	Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges
AB 288 - Miscellaneous	Levine-D	California Coastal Commission: meeting notices
AB 295 - Water and Resources	Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee	Water: supply: infrastructure
AB 315 - Parks and Wildlife	Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee	State parks: veteran of war: Purple Heart recipient
AB 338 - Miscellaneous	Chávez-R	State property: surplus
AB 350 - Forestry	Wieckowski-D	Timber harvesting plans: exempt activities
AB 371 - Water and Resources	Salas-D	Sewage sludge: Kern County
AB 407 - Water and Resources	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Renewable energy resources: Salton Sea
AB 453 - Miscellaneous	Mullin-D	Sustainable communities
AB 474 - Miscellaneous	Stone-D	Ex parte communications: disclosure forms
AB 504 - Parks and Wildlife	Chesbro-D	Fish: sea cucumbers: transgenic fish
AB 516 - Parks and Wildlife	Brown-D	Birds: taking: permits electrical projects
AB 618 - Water and Resources	Perea-D	San Joaquin River Conservancy
AB 649 - Oil and Gas	Nazarian-D	Hydraulic fracturing: use of clean freshwater
AB 669 - Oil and Gas	Stone-D	Drilling: hydraulic fracturing
AB 687 - Water and Resources	Roger Hernández-D	Public drinking water systems: electricity
AB 709 - Parks and Wildlife	Nestande-R	Salton Sea Authority: restoration plan
AB 709 - Water and Resources	Nestande-R	Salton Sea Authority: restoration plan
AB 716 - Miscellaneous	Quirk-Silva-D	Infrastructure: state planning and funding
AB 735 - Miscellaneous	Gomez-D	Greenway Initiative
AB 793 - Water and Resources	Gray-D	San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Conservancy
AB 846 - Miscellaneous	Achadjian-R	Energy: property assessed clean energy
AB 875 - Forestry	Chesbro-D	Forest management
AB 875 - Parks and Wildlife	Chesbro-D	Coastal salmon and steelhead fishery protection
AB 896 - Parks and Wildlife	Eggman-D	Wildlife management areas: mosquito abatement
AB 929 - Forestry	Jones-R	State responsibility areas: structures: fees
AB 976 - Miscellaneous	Atkins-D	California Coastal Act: violations
AB 982 - Oil and Gas	Williams-D	Hydraulic fracturing: groundwater
AB 1021 - Miscellaneous	Eggman-D	Alternative energy: recycled feedstock
AB 1043 - Water and Resources	Chau-D	Groundwater contamination
AB 1104 - Oil and Gas	Salas-D	Biogas pipelines: exemption
AB 1142 - Parks and Wildlife	Bloom-D	State beaches and parks: smoking ban
AB 1161 - Miscellaneous	Salas-D	Mining activities: nuisance
AB 1230 - Parks and Wildlife	Donnelly-R	Mammals: use of dogs to pursue bears and bobcats
AB 1249 - Water and Resources	Salas-D	Integrated regional water management plans
AB 1251 - Water and Resources	Gorell-R	Water quality: stormwater
AB 1301 - Oil and Gas	Bloom-D	Hydraulic fracturing
AB 1323 - Oil and Gas	Mitchell-D	Hydraulic fracturing: regulation
AB 1331 - Water and Resources	Rendon-D	Safe drinking water
AB 1349 - Water and Resources	Gatto-D	CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund
AB 1406 - Miscellaneous	Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee	Renewable energy resources
AB 1408 - Miscellaneous	Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee	Distributed energy resources: tariffs
AB 1445* - Water and Resources	Logue-R	California Water Infrastructure Act of 2014
AB 1466 - Miscellaneous	Assembly Budget Committee	Public Resources: trailer bill
AB 1471* - Water and Resources	Rendon-D	Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act
AB 1478 - Miscellaneous	Assembly Budget Committee	Public resources
AB 1506 - Parks and Wildlife	Perea-D	San Joaquin River Conservancy: violations: penalties
AB 1514 - Parks and Wildlife	Gonzalez-D	Natural community conservation planning agreements
AB 1519 - Forestry	Donnelly-R	State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees
AB 1527 - Water and Resources	Perea-D	Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
AB 1603 - Parks and Wildlife	Stone-D	Outdoor Environmental Education and Recreation Program
AB 1624 - Miscellaneous	Gordon-D	Self-generation incentive program
AB 1630 - Water and Resources	Alejo-D	Water quality: integrated plan: Salinas Valley
AB 1671 - Water and Resources	Frazier-D	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: water conveyance system
AB 1674 - Water and Resources	Bigelow-R	Vended water
AB 1707 - Water and Resources	Wilk-R	Water quality: scientific peer review
AB 1709 - Parks and Wildlife	Frazier-D	Wildlife: hunting licenses
AB 1714 - Oil and Gas	Waldron-R	Energy resources: City of Escondido
AB 1728 - Water and Resources	Garcia-D	Contributions: local water boards
AB 1731 - Water and Resources	Perea-D	Integrated regional water management plans
AB 1739 - Water and Resources	Dickinson-D	Groundwater management
AB 1759 - Miscellaneous	Rendon-D	California Coastal Commission: appointments
AB 1767 - Miscellaneous	Holden-D	Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: property destruction
AB 1779 - Miscellaneous	Beth Gaines-R	Energy resources: report
AB 1784 - Miscellaneous	Quirk-D	Beverage containers: enforcement
AB 1789 - Miscellaneous	Williams-D	Pesticides: neonicotinoids: reevaluation
AB 1799 - Miscellaneous	Gordon-D	Land use: mitigation lands
AB 1846 - Miscellaneous	Gordon-D	Beverage containers: enforcement
AB 1867 - Forestry	Patterson-R	Timber harvest plans: exemption: reducing flammable material
AB 1874 - Water and Resources	Gonzalez-D	Integrated regional water management plans: funding
AB 1896 - Water and Resources	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Coachella Valley Water District: nonpotable water use
AB 1905 - Water and Resources	Alejo-D	Water storage facility: livestock stockpond use
AB 1907 - Oil and Gas	Ridley-Thomas-D	Use fuel tax: natural gas: gallon equivalent
AB 1914 - Water and Resources	Chesbro-D	Trinity River: permits: terms and conditions
AB 1922 - Miscellaneous	Gomez-D	Greenway Development and Sustainment Act
AB 1935 - Miscellaneous	Campos-D	Electricity: clean distributed energy resources
AB 1943 - Miscellaneous	Chesbro-D	Tidelands: City of Eureka
AB 1983 - Water and Resources	Gray-D	Water meters: multiunit structures
AB 2019 - Parks and Wildlife	Fong-D	Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark/swordfish fishery
AB 2031 - Forestry	Dahle-R	Forest resources: timber assessment
AB 2043* - Water and Resources	Bigelow-R	Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014
AB 2048 - Forestry	Dahle-R	Fire prevention fees: state responsibility areas
AB 2049 - Water and Resources	Dahle-R	Drinking water: point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment
AB 2067 - Water and Resources	Weber-D	Urban water management plans
AB 2071 - Water and Resources	Levine-D	Recycled water: animals
AB 2075 - Parks and Wildlife	Alejo-D	Crimes: importation or sale of endangered animals
AB 2081 - Miscellaneous	Daly-D	Agricultural historical resources
AB 2082 - Forestry	Dahle-R	Forest practices: resource conservation standards: stocking
AB 2100* - Water and Resources	Campos-D	Common interest developments: yard maintenance: drought
AB 2105 - Parks and Wildlife	Frazier-D	Big game mammals: bighorn sheep
AB 2108 - Water and Resources	Eggman-D	Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley: flood management
AB 2112 - Forestry	Dahle-R	Timber operations
AB 2140 - Parks and Wildlife	Bloom-D	Protection of orcas: unlawful activities
AB 2142* - Forestry	Chesbro-D	Timber harvesting plans: exemptions
AB 2150 - Parks and Wildlife	Rendon-D	Department of Parks and Recreation
AB 2179 - Water and Resources	Gray-D	Water efficiency: standards and goals
AB 2184 - Forestry	Chesbro-D	Forest restoration grants
AB 2193 - Parks and Wildlife	Gordon-D	Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act
AB 2205 - Parks and Wildlife	Donnelly-R	Mammals: use of dogs to pursue bears
AB 2210 - Parks and Wildlife	Williams-D	Nongame mammals: depredators
AB 2227 - Miscellaneous	Quirk-D	Citizens Oversight Board: implementation
AB 2239 - Forestry	Chesbro-D	Forest practices: management plans: change of ownership
AB 2251 - Miscellaneous	Yamada-D	Beverage containers: redemption value
AB 2267 - Parks and Wildlife	Beth Gaines-R	State park system: budgeting
AB 2268 - Parks and Wildlife	Bigelow-R	Game mammals: wild pig depredation
AB 2282 - Water and Resources	Gatto-D	Building standards: recycled water systems
AB 2348 - Miscellaneous	Stone-D	Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program
AB 2353 - Water and Resources	Waldron-R	Environmental quality: water storage facilities
AB 2361 - Water and Resources	Jones-R	Proposition 65: enforcement
AB 2364 - Parks and Wildlife	V. Manuel Pérez-D	State amphibian: California red-legged frog
AB 2392 - Miscellaneous	Gatto-D	Recycling: plastic containers
AB 2395 - Miscellaneous	Lowenthal-D	Oxnard Harbor District: infrastructure projects: funding
AB 2409 - Parks and Wildlife	Cooley-D	California Waterfowl Habitat Program
AB 2442 - Water and Resources	Gordon-D	Remedial action: liability
AB 2443 - Water and Resources	Rendon-D	Mutual water companies: duplication of service
AB 2446 - Water and Resources	Waldron-R	Standby charges: San Luis Rey Municipal Water District
AB 2453 - Water and Resources	Achadjian-R	Paso Robles Basin Water District
AB 2463 - Water and Resources	Dickinson-D	Water: plans
AB 2465 - Forestry	Chesbro-D	Burning of lands: private burns
AB 2467 - Miscellaneous	Nestande-R	Beverage container recycling and litter reduction
AB 2478 - Water and Resources	Stone-D	San Lorenzo River
AB 2516 - Miscellaneous	Gordon-D	Sea level rise planning: database
AB 2529 - Miscellaneous	Williams-D	Energy: usage: plug-in equipment
AB 2554 - Water and Resources	Rendon-D	Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014
AB 2597 - Miscellaneous	Ting-D	Property Assessed Clean Energy program
AB 2619 - Parks and Wildlife	Beth Gaines-R	Dams: fish: critically dry year
AB 2629 - Parks and Wildlife	Bloom-D	Conservation and mitigation banks: report
AB 2633 - Miscellaneous	Allen-R	Recycling: plastic material
AB 2636 - Miscellaneous	Gatto-D	CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund
AB 2656 - Oil and Gas	Jones-R	Petroleum: labeling
AB 2657 - Parks and Wildlife	Bloom-D	Wildlife habitat areas: use of anticoagulants
AB 2675 - Miscellaneous	Lowenthal-D	State agency: public contracts
AB 2677 - Oil and Gas	Rodriguez-D	Oil spill: contingency plan: railroad
AB 2686* - Water and Resources	Perea-D	Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014
AB 2711* - Oil and Gas	Muratsuchi-D	Offshore oil lease: City of Hermosa Beach
AB 2718 - Oil and Gas	Bloom-D	Oil and gas: well stimulation treatment: notification
AB 2725 - Water and Resources	Brown-D	Urban waterway restoration
AB 2737 - Water and Resources	Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee	Safe drinking water
AB 2759 - Water and Resources	Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee	Truckee and Walker Rivers
AB 2764 - Oil and Gas	Assembly Natural Resources Committee	Public resources
ACR 90 - Miscellaneous	Rendon-D	Wilderness Act of 1964
ACR 96 - Parks and Wildlife	Olsen-R	California State Park System: 150th anniversary
ACR 130 - Parks and Wildlife	Rendon-D	Parks Make Life Better! Month
ACR 143 - Parks and Wildlife	Bigelow-R	Buffalo Soldiers: Yosemite National Park
ACR 160 - Miscellaneous	Gordon-D	Sea level rise
AJR 43 - Parks and Wildlife	Chesbro-D	California shellfish
HR 39 - Miscellaneous	Ting-D	Compost Awareness Week