California Assembly Bill 2026

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on May 27 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-02 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Hearing: Aug 3 @ 10:00 am in 1021 O Street, Room 2200
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

An act to amend Sections 1242.1, 1242.2, and 1347 of, to amend the heading of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1433) of Chapter 6.5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, to amend and renumber the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1425) of Chapter 6.5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 1345, 1348, 1425, 1433, 1433.1, and 1433.2 of, to add Sections 1431.1, 1431.2, and 1433.7 to, to add Article 1 (commencing with Section 1420) to Chapter 6.5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of, and to add and repeal Section 1267 of, the Water Code, relating to groundwater.

Water diversion: groundwater recharge: permit.

Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry [D]

2026-07-01 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-06-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-05-27 - Assembly - AB 2026 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading (Y: 68 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-20 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-02	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-02	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2026-06-24	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
2026-06-10	Senate	Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q.
2026-05-28	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-27	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.)
2026-05-22	Assembly	Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5272.)
2026-05-18	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 14).
2026-05-14	Assembly	Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-13	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-23	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-22	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2026-04-21	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20).
2026-04-20	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2026-04-16	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2026-04-15	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 14).
2026-04-13	Assembly	(Pending re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES.)
2026-04-13	Assembly	Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4581.)
2026-04-08	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
2026-04-07	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-23	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
2026-03-19	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES.
2026-02-18	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-02-17	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Water Code	1242.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1242.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1345	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1347	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1348	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1425	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1433	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1433.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
Water Code	1433.2	Amended Code	Citation Text

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