Bill Text: CA AB1648 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1648

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

Bill Title: Water: Colorado River conservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1648 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1648-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1648

Introduced by Assembly Member Bains

February 17, 2023

An act relating to water.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1648, as introduced, Bains. Water: Colorado River conservation.

Under existing law, any person, public agency, or agency of the United States undertaking a water conservation effort that results in reduced use of water from the Colorado River within the Imperial Irrigation District, has not forfeited, diminished, or impaired the right to use the conserved water, except as provided between the parties and the United States.

This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would prohibit the City and County of Los Angeles from achieving federally mandated conservation of Colorado River water supplies by increasing water imports from other regions, including the San Joaquin Valley.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would prohibit the City and County of Los Angeles from achieving federally mandated conservation of Colorado River water supplies by increasing water imports from other regions, including the San Joaquin Valley.