republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tidelands and submerged land: City of Long Beach: oil reserves."
description: "Tidelands and submerged land: City of Long Beach: oil reserves."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2165"
citation: "California AB 2165 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tidelands and submerged land: City of Long Beach: oil reserves."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/593bf6df-cc07-43c4-8001-5ceace598594"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165"
source_hash: "d64de2a752221bae148bb1ea1e70f75a411cde71ab7f4dd85c83d3692ec73244"
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 2165 (20072008) — Tidelands and submerged land: City of Long Beach: oil reserves.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216599INT)
2. **04/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216598AMD)
3. **06/25/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216597AMD)
4. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216596AMD)
5. **08/26/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216595AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216593CHP)
7. **AB2165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165)
8. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2165&version=20070AB216594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2165 Karnette Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2165 Karnette Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2165 KARNETTE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karnette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 16. Page 4622.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 4835.)
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-08-18** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Page 5311.)
- **2008-08-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5485.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 7094.)
- **2008-08-31** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 7134.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 446, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/593bf6df-cc07-43c4-8001-5ceace598594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).