---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources: oil and gas."
description: "Natural resources: oil and gas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2830"
citation: "California AB 2830 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources: oil and gas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarthy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe4b859-adb5-4d3c-8417-12fd080dd778"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830"
source_hash: "a894d3f5f307b7d5eab14c0058a55743642d9f2f6ab360e20f94c5b2c3c6b114"
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 2830 (20032004) — Natural resources: oil and gas.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830&version=20030AB283099INT)
2. **04/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830&version=20030AB283098AMD)
3. **05/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830&version=20030AB283097AMD)
4. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830&version=20030AB283095CHP)
5. **AB2830** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830)
6. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2830&version=20030AB283096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2830 mccarthy assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2830 mccarthy — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5934.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/bbe4b859-adb5-4d3c-8417-12fd080dd778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).