AB 1425 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

San Joaquin River Parkway: pit dewatering.

Summary

The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 prohibits a person, with exceptions, from conducting surface mining operations unless, among other things, a permit is obtained from, a specified reclamation plan is submitted to and approved by, and financial assurances for reclamation have been approved by the lead agency for the operation of the surface mining operation. This bill would prohibit pit dewatering, as defined, in areas with subsurface river flow or groundwater levels shallower than 50 feet below ground anywhere within the San Joaquin River Parkway, as defined. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Joaquin River Parkway.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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03/28/25 - Amended Assembly → AB1425 · 1 edit

MINOR

The diff between these two versions of AB 1425 reflects only presentational and formatting differences, not substantive policy changes. The 'from' version is a formatted legislative document with line numbers and amendment markup artifacts, while the 'to' version is a web page rendering of the same bill text. The actual operative provisions - the new Section 2770.2 prohibiting pit dewatering in the San Joaquin River Parkway and the nonsubstantive amendment to Section 2206 - are identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a legislative document layout (with line numbers, page headers, and amendment strikethrough markup) into a web page presentation with navigation elements. No substantive policy language changed.

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

lower

Feb 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors