---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide."
description: "The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981 requires the State Fire Marshal to administer provisions regulating the inspection of intrastate pipelines that transport hazardous liquids. A person who willfully and knowingly violates the act or a regulation issued pursuant to the act is, upon conviction, subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "California SB 614 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Publicresources", "transportationofcarbondioxide"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02784d78-14b8-4ad0-9765-dee5d29f9ce9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614"
source_hash: "baa2bef170cd659811ad2d593e5ae6f0986fd618b302de837cb9cc18ea005940"
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 SB 614 (20252026) — Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981 requires the State Fire Marshal to administer provisions regulating the inspection of intrastate pipelines that transport hazardous liquids. A person who willfully and knowingly violates the act or a regulation issued pursuant to the act is, upon conviction, subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61499INT)
2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61498AMD)
3. **04/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61497AMD)
4. **05/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61496AMD)
5. **07/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61495AMD)
6. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61494AMD)
7. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61493AMD)
8. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61491CHP)
9. **SB614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614)
10. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB614&version=20250SB61492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB614 Stern et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB614 Stern et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 614 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stern — primary (person)
- McNerney — principal coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2025-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on G.O. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing April 30 in E.Q. pending receipt.
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 830.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 964.) (April 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1206.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1511.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-09-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3359.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3021.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 529, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02784d78-14b8-4ad0-9765-dee5d29f9ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).