Bill Dodd
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 3
Author
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. Existing law declares it to be the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes. Existing law requires the state board, by January 1, 2018, to develop a plan for the funding and implementation of the Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program, as prescribed. Existing law requires the state board, by February 1, 2018, to report to the Legislature on its findings regarding the feasibility, financial stability, and desired structure of the program, including any recommendations for legislative action that may need to be taken. This bill would establish the Water Rate Assistance Fund in the State Treasury to help provide water affordability assistance, for both drinking water and wastewater services, to low-income residential ratepayers. The bill would make moneys in the fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature to the state board to provide, in consultation with relevant agencies, direct water bill assistance, water bill assistance to residential ratepayers served by eligible systems, as defined, and by tribal water systems that choose to participate and would require 80% of total funds to be directly applied to customer assistance. The bill would authorize the state board to identify and contract with a third-party fund administrator. The bill would impose requirements on the state board in connection with the program, including, among others, within 270 days of the effective date, as defined, adopting guidelines in consultation with relevant agencies and an advisory group for implementation of the program and preparing a report to be posted on state board's internet website identifying how the fund has performed. The bill would require, within 270 days of the effective date, the Public Utilities Commission to establish a mechanism for electrical corporations and gas corporations to, and would authorize the state board to enter into agreements with local publicly owned electric utilities and local publicly owned gas utilities to, regularly share specified customer data with the state board, subject to certain protections. The bill would require the state board to, among other things, coordinate with the commission to cease existing rate assistance programs offered by investor-owned water utilities and transition the customers to the program through a process established by the commission. The bill would make the operation of these provisions contingent on an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Robert Rivas.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Robert Rivas.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 26).
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and U. & E.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1319.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1183.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 17.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 985.) (April 29).
Set for hearing April 29.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 755.) (April 12).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Set for hearing April 12.
March 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 15.
Re-referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and E.Q.
Withdrawn from committee.
Referral to Com. on JUD. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
Referred to Coms. on EQ., E., U. & C., and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB222 | HTML |
| 01/14/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/05/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/20/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/03/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/20/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/17/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/05/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/15/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/09/21- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 04/28/21- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 05/14/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/25/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/11/21- Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials | |
| 06/29/21- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy | |
| 08/16/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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