Senate Bill 19 (Statutes of 2019, Chapter 361, Dodd) enacts Water Code section 144, which directs the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board to develop a plan to address gaging information gaps through the deployment of a network of prioritized stream gages in consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Conservation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and interested stakeholders. The stream gaging plan will identify significant gaps in the stream gaging network to meet the wide variety of water management needs, which are increasingly important in the face of a changing climate. It is anticipated it will take two years to develop the plan.