---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas development: pipelines."
description: "Oil and gas development: pipelines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 16"
citation: "California AB 16 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas development: pipelines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0944e19f-da08-42a2-95a7-51d71c578e05"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB16"
source_hash: "79925fa62d55a614946cd8b19112edfc347084c281d8eed83a60282872555699"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 16 (20032004) — Oil and gas development: pipelines.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB16&version=20030AB1699INT)
2. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB16&version=20030AB1697CHP)
3. **AB16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB16)
4. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB16&version=20030AB1698ENR)

## Votes

- ab 16 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab16 jackson by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 420, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 2135.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 27. Page 1550.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (March 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0944e19f-da08-42a2-95a7-51d71c578e05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).