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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1972: Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1972 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption. Primary sponsor: Joe Patterson (R). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2026): In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires each person or entity who holds a permit or license to appropriate water, leases water pursuant to specified provisions of law, or files a specified application, registration, or petition to pay a fee according to a fee schedule established by the State Water Resources Control Board.

This bill would require the board to exempt a person who holds a water right permit or license from paying the annual fee pursuant to a specified regulation for a pond with 20 acre-feet or less of water.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 4716.)
  3. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  4. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
  6. Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
  7. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  8. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page