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Home/Bills/AB 2739California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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AB 2739: Water: affordability and system stabilization.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What AB 2739 does, verified August 25, 2026

This bill aims to establish a water affordability and system stabilization fund to support the state's water infrastructure. The fund will be held in the state treasury and managed by the state treasurer, who will also serve as the trustee of the water affordability and system stabilization trust. The trust will generate income, which will be transferred to two funds: the water rate assistance fund and the community water affordability assistance fund. For the first 25 years, 45% of the trust's income will go to the water rate assistance fund, while 10% will be invested as part of the trust's principal. After 25 years, this ratio will change to 50% for each fund. The trust will also generate income that will be used to support the administration of the trust, with no more than 1% going towards this purpose each year. The remaining income will be invested as part of the trust's principal…

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
In CommitteeComplete
First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: Read second time. Ordered to third reading. (2026-08-24)Alert me
Recent actions24 total · showing 5
Aug. 24, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 21, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Aug. 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 13, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
Aug. 03, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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