Monterey Peninsula Water Management District: nonfunctional turf: noncompliance and enforcement.
Summary
The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Law establishes the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. The act authorizes the district to, among other things, prohibit the use of district water during an emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, for specific uses that the district finds to be nonessential. Existing law prohibits the use of potable water for the irrigation of nonfunctional turf located on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties, other than a cemetery, and on properties of homeowners' associations, common interest developments, and community service organizations or similar entities, as specified. Existing law requires a person or entity to be subject to civil liability or penalties by the State Water Resources Control Board, as prescribed, or to civil liability and penalties imposed by an urban water supplier, pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy. Existing law authorizes a public water system, city, county, or city and county to enforce the provisions relating to the prohibition, as specified. This bill would require a person or entity to be subject to civil liability or penalties imposed by the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy. The bill would authorize the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District to enforce the provisions relating to the prohibition, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Feb 18, 2026
Signed Jul 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
06/25/26 - Enrolled
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07/13/26 - Chaptered
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2 edits
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Jul 13, 2026
MINOR
SB 1139 transitioned from its enrolled bill format to its chaptered law format after the Governor approved it on July 13, 2026. No substantive policy changes were made; the statutory text of Section 10608.14 of the Water Code is identical in both versions. The differences are limited to legislative process markings being replaced with the official chaptered law header (Chapter 88) and authentication language.
TECHNICAL
Legislative process markings (Senate/Assembly passage dates, governor receipt line, private secretary signature block) were removed and replaced with the standard chaptered law format including 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL,' Chapter 88 designation, and the Governor's approval date of July 13, 2026.
Text was reflowed with different line wrapping throughout the statutory body, but all substantive language in Section 10608.14 (compliance dates, enforcement provisions, certification requirements, and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District's new enforcement authority) remains unchanged.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 20, 2026 · Assembly Jun 22, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Apr 20, 2026
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jul 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jun 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5795.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16).
lower
May 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
lower
Apr 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3950.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3870.) (April 14).
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Laird
DDemocratic
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