Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 915: Dam safety: state supervision: exceptions.

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 915 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Dam safety: state supervision: exceptions. Primary sponsor: Cottie Petrie-Norris (D). Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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 regulates the construction and operation of dams and exempts certain structures for these purposes. Existing law exempts certain wastewater treatment and storage ponds constructed as part of a wastewater control facility, as provided, from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams.

This bill would additionally exempt from the requirements for state regulation and supervision of the safety of dams certain water storage facilities, structures, and activities associated with an energy storage system facility located in the County of Kern, as specified, that uses compressed air technology and meets certain criteria, including, among other things, a maximum water pool height of 25 feet or less from the final engineered grade, a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet or less, and supervision of the design and construction by a registered civil engineer.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Kern.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cottie Petrie-NorrisPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly73

“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. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
  3. Vetoed by Governor.
  4. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3460.).
  6. Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
  7. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 12).
  8. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3356.)
  9. Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
  10. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2884.).
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

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