CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 293Introduced by Assembly Member BennettJanuary 22, 2025 An act to add Section 10724.2 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 293, as introduced, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: transparency.Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided. Existing law requires members of the board of directors and the executive, as defined, of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests with the Fair Political Practices Commission using the commissions online system for filing statements of economic interests.This bill would require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish the membership of its board of directors on its internet website, or on the local agencys internet website, as provided. The bill would also require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish a link on its internet website or its local agencys internet website to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed by the members of the board and executives of the agency, can be viewed.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10724.2 is added to the Water Code, to read:10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 293Introduced by Assembly Member BennettJanuary 22, 2025 An act to add Section 10724.2 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 293, as introduced, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: transparency.Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided. Existing law requires members of the board of directors and the executive, as defined, of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests with the Fair Political Practices Commission using the commissions online system for filing statements of economic interests.This bill would require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish the membership of its board of directors on its internet website, or on the local agencys internet website, as provided. The bill would also require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish a link on its internet website or its local agencys internet website to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed by the members of the board and executives of the agency, can be viewed.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 293
Introduced by Assembly Member BennettJanuary 22, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett
January 22, 2025
An act to add Section 10724.2 to the Water Code, relating to groundwater.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 293, as introduced, Bennett. Groundwater sustainability agency: transparency.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided. Existing law requires members of the board of directors and the executive, as defined, of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests with the Fair Political Practices Commission using the commissions online system for filing statements of economic interests.This bill would require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish the membership of its board of directors on its internet website, or on the local agencys internet website, as provided. The bill would also require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish a link on its internet website or its local agencys internet website to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed by the members of the board and executives of the agency, can be viewed.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans, except as specified. Existing law requires a groundwater sustainability plan to be developed and implemented for each medium- or high-priority basin by a groundwater sustainability agency. Existing law authorizes any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin to decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin, as provided. Existing law requires members of the board of directors and the executive, as defined, of a groundwater sustainability agency to file statements of economic interests with the Fair Political Practices Commission using the commissions online system for filing statements of economic interests.
This bill would require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish the membership of its board of directors on its internet website, or on the local agencys internet website, as provided. The bill would also require each groundwater sustainability agency to publish a link on its internet website or its local agencys internet website to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed by the members of the board and executives of the agency, can be viewed.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10724.2 is added to the Water Code, to read:10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10724.2 is added to the Water Code, to read:10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
SECTION 1. Section 10724.2 is added to the Water Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.
10724.2. No later than January 1, 2026, each groundwater sustainability agency shall do both of the following:
(a) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website the membership of its board of directors.
(b) Publish on its internet website or its local agencys internet website an electronic link to the location on the Fair Political Practices Commissions internet website where the statements of economic interests, filed pursuant to Section 87200.5 of the Government Code by the members of the groundwater sustainability agencys board of directors and executives, can be viewed.