AB 794, explained
California Safe Drinking Water Act: emergency regulations.
Dead Died · Author: Gabriel
In plain English
This bill changes rules about how California's water board can quickly adopt drinking water safety standards. It would allow the state board to use emergency rules to adopt federal drinking water requirements that were in effect on January 19, 2025, even if those requirements were later repealed or weakened.
If this passes
What would actually change, according to the bill's official digest. No predictions, no opinions.
- The state water board could adopt emergency regulations based on federal drinking water standards that existed on January 19, 2025
- These emergency regulations could not set drinking water standards that are less strict than the federal standards from that date
- The emergency regulations could include monitoring requirements (requirements to test water)
- This applies even if the federal standards were later repealed or made less strict
Who's lobbying this bill
43 organizations reported lobbying activity
mentioning this bill. California disclosures don't say which side an organization is on, only that they paid to influence it. Amounts shown are payments to lobbying firms where the filing discloses them.
Orange County Water Districtpaid to lobbying firms, quarters naming this bill · 2 filings
$56K Water Replenishment District Of Southern Californiapaid to lobbying firms, quarters naming this bill · 1 filing
$45K Semitropic Water Storage Districtpaid to lobbying firms, quarters naming this bill · 1 filing
$40K
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