---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: oil production facilities and oil spills."
description: "Public resources: oil production facilities and oil spills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1960"
citation: "California AB 1960 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources: oil production facilities and oil spills."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750ffff4-f6d3-41d0-8ca5-cfe9e1300956"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960"
source_hash: "7eb3dc0892804a2b4fdd29445a6068e56364878f9c26a386d47bfa266779e546"
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 1960 (20072008) — Public resources: oil production facilities and oil spills.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196099INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196098AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196097AMD)
4. **04/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196096AMD)
5. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196095AMD)
6. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196094AMD)
7. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196093AMD)
8. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196092AMD)
9. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196090CHP)
10. **AB1960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960)
11. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1960&version=20070AB196091ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1960 Nava By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1960 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1960 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 14. Page 5453.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 5055.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 6591.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750ffff4-f6d3-41d0-8ca5-cfe9e1300956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).