STATE BILLCA AB 2619PASSED

Water resources: data centers.

California State Legislature

An act to add Sections 16000.4 and 16100.4 to the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 10632 of the Water Code, relating to water.

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Sep 21, 2026; 52 days ago
Current chamber: Assembly
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

CA AB 2619 · PassedSep 21

Follow the legislation that affects what you sell.

Get started free

Free account · 30-second setup · No credit card

Prefer ChatGPT or Claude? Ask Civic IQ about this bill →

What it means for vendors

Civic IQ reads each bill for what it would fund, require or change for the agencies that buy.

What this bill would fund or requireThe spending and mandates in the bill, in plain languageTop matches free Why it matters for what you sellMatched to your products, with how to open the conversationTop matches free 2 signals from this bill in Civic IQSee them free →

Bill details

Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2026. · Sep 21, 2026

Sponsor

DPDiane PapanRepresentative · Democrat · HD-021Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Sep 21, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2026.

Sep 21, 2026Approved by the Governor.

Sep 4, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

Aug 27, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 7. Page 6692.).Assembly

Aug 27, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.Assembly

Aug 26, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.).Senate

Aug 24, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Senate

Aug 21, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Senate

Show 21 earlier actions

Aug 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Senate

Aug 13, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).Senate

Aug 10, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Senate

Aug 3, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.Senate

Jul 2, 2026Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Senate

Jul 2, 2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1).Senate

Jun 24, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Senate

Jun 15, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Senate

Jun 10, 2026Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV.Senate

May 28, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Senate

May 27, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 5468.)Assembly

May 18, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Assembly

May 14, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).Assembly

May 6, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Assembly

Apr 23, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Assembly

Apr 15, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Assembly

Apr 9, 2026Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Assembly

Apr 8, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.Assembly

Mar 9, 2026Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and L. GOV.Assembly

Feb 21, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.Assembly

Feb 20, 2026Read first time. To print.Assembly

Recorded votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]Apr 14, 2026 · Assembly · 10 yea · 2 nayPassed

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]Apr 22, 2026 · Assembly · 8 yea · 2 nayPassed

Do passMay 14, 2026 · Assembly · 11 yea · 4 nayPassed

AB 2619 Papan Assembly Third ReadingMay 27, 2026 · Assembly · 61 yea · 15 nayPassed

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]Jun 23, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 2 nayPassed

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]Jul 1, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 1 nayPassed

Placed on suspense fileAug 10, 2026 · Senate · 6 yea · 0 nayPassed

Do passAug 13, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 2 nayPassed

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2619 Papan By PadillaAug 26, 2026 · Senate · 30 yea · 9 nayPassed

AB 2619 Papan Concurrence in Senate AmendmentsAug 27, 2026 · Assembly · 63 yea · 7 nayPassed

Read the bill at the source

This page follows the bill as the legislature records it. For the bill's full text and the official record, use the legislature's own site.

View on the legislature's site View on LegiScan

Bill data from LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Work in government? Get Civic IQ free →