CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 557Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 20, 2025 An act to amend Section 10722 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 557, as introduced, Hurtado. Sustainable groundwater management: basin boundaries. 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. The act requires the boundaries of a basin to be those identified in a specified report of the department, unless other basin boundaries are established, as prescribed. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provision relating to basin boundaries.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 10722 of the Water Code is amended to read:10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 557Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 20, 2025 An act to amend Section 10722 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 557, as introduced, Hurtado. Sustainable groundwater management: basin boundaries. 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. The act requires the boundaries of a basin to be those identified in a specified report of the department, unless other basin boundaries are established, as prescribed. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provision relating to basin boundaries.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 557 Introduced by Senator HurtadoFebruary 20, 2025 Introduced by Senator Hurtado February 20, 2025 An act to amend Section 10722 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 557, as introduced, Hurtado. Sustainable groundwater management: basin boundaries. 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. The act requires the boundaries of a basin to be those identified in a specified report of the department, unless other basin boundaries are established, as prescribed. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provision relating to basin boundaries. 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. The act requires the boundaries of a basin to be those identified in a specified report of the department, unless other basin boundaries are established, as prescribed. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the provision relating to basin boundaries. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10722 of the Water Code is amended to read:10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. 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 10722 of the Water Code is amended to read:10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. SECTION 1. Section 10722 of the Water Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. 10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. 10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118. 10722. Unless other basin boundaries are established pursuant to this chapter, a basins boundaries the boundaries of a basin shall be as identified in Bulletin 118.