SB-1313 • 2026

Drinking water: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: McNerney
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22).
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on funding amounts or implementation timelines, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Drinking Water: PFAS

This law allows money in special funds to be used for projects that address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, with the State Water Resources Control Board funding these projects through grants or loans.

What This Bill Does

Allows moneys from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and special accounts to be used for projects addressing PFAS in drinking water, consistent with federal law.
Authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to fund projects dealing with PFAS in drinking water through grants or loans.
Specifies sources of funds and permissible activities under these projects.

Who It Names or Affects

Public water systems that serve small or disadvantaged communities
The State Water Resources Control Board

Terms To Know

PFAS: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are harmful chemicals found in drinking water.
Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: A fund that provides money for projects to improve safe drinking water standards.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be available.
It is unclear when the law will take effect after final approval and signing by the governor.

Bill History

2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 22.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1313, as amended, McNerney.
Public water systems: grants and loans:
Drinking water:
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Existing law establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Water Resources Control Board for the provision of grants and revolving fund loans to provide for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable suppliers to meet safe drinking water standards. Existing law provides that moneys in the fund and the special accounts may be expended for additional purposes provided in the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
This bill would provide that moneys in the fund and special accounts may be considered eligible and expended for projects that address
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. By expanding the purposes for which a continuously appropriated fund may be expended, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would authorize the state board to implement the bill through updating an existing policy handbook, which would be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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.
Existing law authorizes the state board, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to provide grants and direct expenditures to public water systems that serve small or disadvantaged communities to address emerging contaminants in those communities, consistent with federal grant terms, as provided.
This bill would authorize the state board to fund projects, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, through grants or loans to public water systems to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water or source water. The bill
would prescribe sources from which those funds may originate and permissible activities for those projects. The bill would authorize the state board to implement the bill through a policy handbook or workplan exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

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