CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : S.B. No. 487 AUTHOR(S) : Nielsen (Coauthor: Senator Fuller). TOPIC : Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions. TYPE OF BILL : Inactive Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2016 LAST HIST. ACTION : Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : SEN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TITLE : An act to amend Section 10728.6 of, and to add Section 17024.1 to, the Water Code, relating to groundwater management.