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Measure SB 369
Authors Padilla  
Subject Salton Sea: restoration projects: skilled and trained workforce.
Relating To relating to the Salton Sea.
Title An act to add Section 2946 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to the Salton Sea.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-12
State Enrolled
Status In Floor Process
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-10-13     Vetoed by the Governor.
2025-10-13     In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-09-17     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-10     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2763.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 3001.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-08     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-03     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 29).
2025-08-20     August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-10     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-01     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-06-09     Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and L. & E.
2025-06-03     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1365.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1198.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21     April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-04     Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-03     April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-28     Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-26     Withdrawn from committee.
2025-03-26     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 532.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-03-17     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-03-12     Set for hearing March 25.
2025-02-26     Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and G.O.
2025-02-14     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2025-02-13     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Assembly     2025-09-02
Amended Senate     2025-03-17
Introduced     2025-02-13
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					Flows into the Salton Sea have declined in recent years, and the result is a shrinking, increasingly saline lake.
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					As the Salton Sea recedes, previously submerged lakebed is exposed, creating dust that is of concern to local communities.
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					California state agencies are advancing Salton Sea restoration projects critical to ensuring the health and well-being of the Salton Sea ecosystem, the residents of the Imperial Valley, and the surrounding communities.
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					The communities surrounding the Salton Sea are some of the most impoverished in the state.
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					More than 21 percent of the population of the County of Imperial lives below the poverty line, which is nearly double the national average of 11.6 percent.
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					To help mitigate the gap in wages, it is the
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								“Every tier” means all contracts at any level to carry out the project, whether negotiated or advertised, and includes contracts for the supply and manufacture of off-site aggregate materials for the project. “Every tier” does not include contracts for transportation services.
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								“Project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation and coordination with the Salton Sea Authority, to lead Salton Sea restoration efforts. Existing law, to the extent that funding is appropriated to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for Salton Sea restoration activities, authorizes the Department of Water Resources, in coordination and under agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to undertake certain restoration efforts. This bill would require, except as provided, specified state agencies undertaking a Salton Sea restoration project in excess of $1,000,000 to obtain, as part of a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2026, an enforceable commitment that every bidder, contractor, subcontractor, or other entity at every tier, as defined, shall use a skilled and trained workforce, as provided, to perform all work that falls within an apprenticeship occupation in the building and construction trades.