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SB-650 • 2026

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Cabaldon
Last action
2025-10-03
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 324, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on new deadlines or requirements for council member knowledge.

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act

This act updates the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 to make parts of the Delta Plan severable and allows state and local public agencies to file appeals regarding consistency with the plan.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes provisions of the Delta Plan severable, allowing parts to work independently if needed.
  • Adds state and local public agencies as entities that can appeal decisions about consistency with the Delta Plan.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Delta Stewardship Council
  • State and local public agencies

Terms To Know

Delta Plan
A plan that sets goals for managing water resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Delta Stewardship Council
An independent agency of the state responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Delta Plan.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify a new effective date.
  • It is unclear how many additional appeals will be filed by newly authorized entities.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 324, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2772.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  11. 2025-07-17 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).

  13. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 2025-06-17 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. 2025-05-29 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and JUD.

  16. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. 2025-05-13 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  19. 2025-05-12 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  20. 2025-05-02 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 12.

  21. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 942.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 29.

  24. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 8).

  25. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 8.

  26. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD.

  27. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  28. 2025-03-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  29. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  30. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 650, Cabaldon.
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.
Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the sustainable management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem, to provide for a more reliable water supply for the state, to protect and enhance the quality of water supply from the Delta, as defined, and to establish a governance structure that will direct efforts across state agencies to develop a legally enforceable Delta Plan.
This bill would make the provisions of the Delta Plan severable.
Existing law establishes the Delta Stewardship Council as an independent agency of the state to establish and oversee a committee of agencies responsible for implementing the Delta Plan.
Existing law requires council members to possess diverse expertise and reflect a statewide perspective.
The bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature that the council appointees have knowledge about the Delta.
Existing law authorizes persons and certain entities, claiming that a proposed covered action is inconsistent with the Delta Plan and that, as a result of that inconsistency, the action will have a significant adverse impact on the achievement of certain goals or implementation of government-sponsored flood control programs to reduce risks to people and property in the Delta, to file an appeal with regard to a certification of consistency submitted to the Delta Stewardship Council. Existing law requires the appeal to be heard by the council within 60 days of the date of
the filing of the appeal, as specified, and requires the council to make its decision on the appeal within 60 days of hearing the appeal.
This bill would provide certain deadlines for legal actions arising out of specified actions of the council and would make related changes. The bill would add state and local public agencies to those entities authorized to appeal regarding a certification of consistency.

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