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Bill	Underground storage tanks: tank case closure.	Existing law requires an owner, operator, or other responsible party to take corrective action in response to an unauthorized release of petroleum from an underground storage tank. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board, a regional board, or a local agency may undertake or contract for corrective action in response to that unauthorized release. The State Water Resources Control Board is authorized to close, or to require the closure of, an underground storage tank case where an unauthorized release has occurred, if the board determines that the corrective action at the site complies with specified requirements. Existing law requires the manager of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund to annually review certain tank cases and authorizes the manager, with the approval of the tank owner or operator, to make a recommendation to the board for closure of a tank case. If the manager recommends closing a tank case, existing law requires the board to limit reimbursement of subsequently incurred corrective action costs to $10,000, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1715	California AB 1715 (20112012)	bill	Underground storage tanks: tank case closure.	enacted	Smyth	7	24	6	2012-02-16	2012-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/22fecafa-913b-44ed-b91d-08f2b1836bb3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1715	ffa8196d4aa96fa58be02c728f6a54b3fc600ba7cfcbd852b8a63c9b90d27e2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1715 (20112012) — Underground storage tanks: tank case closure.

Existing law requires an owner, operator, or other responsible party to take corrective action in response to an unauthorized release of petroleum from an underground storage tank. Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board, a regional board, or a local agency may undertake or contract for corrective action in response to that unauthorized release. The State Water Resources Control Board is authorized to close, or to require the closure of, an underground storage tank case where an unauthorized release has occurred, if the board determines that the corrective action at the site complies with specified requirements. Existing law requires the manager of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund to annually review certain tank cases and authorizes the manager, with the approval of the tank owner or operator, to make a recommendation to the board for closure of a tank case. If the manager recommends closing a tank case, existing law requires the board to limit reimbursement of subsequently incurred corrective action costs to $10,000, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1715 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1715 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1715 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smyth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2012-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5045.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4445.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5944.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
• 2012-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22fecafa-913b-44ed-b91d-08f2b1836bb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).