---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas: acquisition: bonding requirements."
description: "Existing law requires a person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, to submit to the State Oil and Gas Supervisor or a district deputy certain materials, including either an individual indemnity bond or a blanket indemnity bond in certain amounts. A violation of this law, or any related law concerning oil and gas, is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1167"
citation: "California AB 1167 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas", "acquisition", "bonding requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Carrillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d41c7a2-4e0d-4cfb-af26-5966ff4b9e4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167"
source_hash: "e9b81b47fc2359336d2de6a65b5398a1a85218431d0fb7e41173dc0cea1afb13"
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 1167 (20232024) — Oil and gas: acquisition: bonding requirements.

Existing law requires a person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, to submit to the State Oil and Gas Supervisor or a district deputy certain materials, including either an individual indemnity bond or a blanket indemnity bond in certain amounts. A violation of this law, or any related law concerning oil and gas, is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167&version=20230AB116799INT)
2. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167&version=20230AB116798AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167&version=20230AB116797AMD)
4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167&version=20230AB116795CHP)
5. **AB1167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1167&version=20230AB116796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1167 Wendy Carrillo et al By Laird — **21–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1167 Wendy Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **49–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1167 Wendy Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **43–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy Carrillo — primary (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 16. Page 1798.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 2721.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 43. Noes 18. Page 3582.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 359, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d41c7a2-4e0d-4cfb-af26-5966ff4b9e4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).