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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SJR 13

Transboundary flow pollution: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Adopted

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

This measure would request the United States, at the 2026 joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , to secure and publicly adopt measurable and sustained commitments from the parties to eliminate chronic transboundary sewage discharges into the Tijuana River watershed and the flow of untreated sewage, industrial effluent, and toxic pollutants through the New River from Mexicali into the County of Imperial. The measure would further request that the United States commit to automatic nonrenewal of the USMCA should there be a failure of establishing commitments, benchmarks, and timelines relating to specific numeric discharge-reduction benchmarks for both the Tijuana River watershed and the New River, investment into and enforceable timelines for completion of wastewater infrastructure projects, and annual public reporting on compliance.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Jun 22, 2026
House		SJR 13 Padilla Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
Jun 16, 2026
House		Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see
May 19, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading SJR13 Padilla et al.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 22, 2026
Senate		Be adopted. Ordered to third readingpassSet your home in California to see

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