The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee sent AB 2032 to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday with an urgency endorsement, moving the bill forward as lawmakers weighed a response to golden mussels and related water-infrastructure risks.
In the committee’s recorded vote, the motion for AB 2032 was listed as “do pass as amended with urgency to the committee on appropriations.” The transcript shows the measure carried, although the vote was left open for absentee members. The committee audio also shows the bill being called up as item 4.
During the hearing, AB 2032 was described as a measure dealing with golden mussels and water-infrastructure response. Support came from a broad coalition that included water agencies, tribes and environmental groups, among them Contra Costa Water District, the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, San Gabriel MWD, the Water Foundation, California Coastkeeper Alliance and others, according to the hearing transcript.
The urgency action makes AB 2032 the most immediate water-related bill to move out of the committee in the hearing, and signals lawmakers view the issue as time-sensitive for water operations and infrastructure planning.
