Relative to Groundwater Awareness Week.
This House Resolution (HR 22) declares March 9-15, 2025, as "Groundwater Awareness Week" in California. It recognizes groundwater as a vital resource for 83% of Californians, including communities fully reliant on it for water, and emphasizes its critical role amid climate change and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The resolution aims to raise public awareness through education about groundwater protection and management, without creating new laws or regulations. It directly affects all California residents by highlighting the importance of groundwater for daily needs and state water security.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2025
Floor votes · Assembly Mar 13, 2025
How they voted
67–0
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 79
Mar 13, 2025
D
Democratic59
84% Yea
R
Republican20
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Amendments
2
Mar 13, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (67-0-12)
assembly
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 620.).
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 10).
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced.
lower
1 primary · 65 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Esmeralda Soria
DDemocratic
Co
Al Muratsuchi
DDemocratic
Co
Ali Macedo
RRepublican
Co
Ash Kalra
DDemocratic
Co
Blanca Pacheco
DDemocratic
Co
Blanca Rubio
DDemocratic
Co
Buffy Wicks
DDemocratic
Co
Catherine Stefani
DDemocratic
Co
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
DDemocratic
Co
Celeste Rodriguez
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Rogers
DDemocratic
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