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Committee roundup: bills advanced to Appropriations include groundwater, parks accessibility, wildlife, energy and infrastructure measures
Summary
The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife advanced a package of bills to Appropriations covering groundwater exemptions, park accessibility, wildlife management, energy permitting transparency, marine carbon research and the SR 37 interim project.
The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife advanced multiple bills to the Appropriations Committee in a marathon session that featured long hearings and wide stakeholder turnout.
Key actions taken by the committee included:
- AB 929 (Connolly): Advanced to Appropriations as amended. Temporarily exempts historical groundwater amounts that support managed wetlands and small community water systems from SGMA pumping reductions and fees; requires GSAs to analyze and report impacts on those uses; includes a three-year sunset in amendments.
- AB 430 (Alaniz): Advanced to Appropriations. Would require the State Water Resources Control Board to conduct and publicly release economic and environmental impact analyses when emergency curtailment regulations extend over multiple years;…
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