AB 2016

California Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 27, 2026.

State Water Resources Control Board: drinking water: hexavalent chromium removal.

Bill ID CA-2025-2026-AB-2016
Session 2025-2026
Status in_committee
Committee Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Assembly in_committee 2026-04-27
Summary

The California Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various duties and responsibilities for the regulation and control of drinking water in the State of California. The act requires the state board to adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water based upon specified criteria, and requires a primary drinking water standard to be established for hexavalent chromium. This bill would appropriate $69,425,000 from the General Fund to the board for the purpose of removing hexavalent chromium from drinking water. The bill would require the board to make specified grants to specified entities to undertake construction or planning and design of facilities to remove hexavalent chromium from drinking water.

Sponsor
Jeff Gonzalez
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-02-17 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-27 Status in_committee
2026-04-27 Latest Action In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
More Bills From This Sponsor
More Bills In This Topic
Related Topics
Same Topic Bills From Other States