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Bill	Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981: civil penalties.	Under existing law, the Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981, the State Fire Marshal exercises safety regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate pipelines, and, to the extent authorized by federal law, interstate pipelines used for the transportation of hazardous or highly volatile liquid substances. Existing law provides that a violation, as determined by the State Fire Marshal, of the act, or any regulation adopted pursuant to the act, subjects a person to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty is not permitted to exceed $500,000 for any related series of violations. Existing law requires these penalties to be deposited into the Local Training Account in the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund, available upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2201	California AB 2201 (20112012)	bill	Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981: civil penalties.	enacted	Bradford	6	24	7	2012-02-23	2012-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/44691a9b-1c51-4cb1-87c9-80b9ac2ea82e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2201	0e57c961ad752dafa3968b84d54148459b92060b47c1127c8cbfb6d031a59b06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2201 (20112012) — Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981: civil penalties.

Under existing law, the Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981, the State Fire Marshal exercises safety regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate pipelines, and, to the extent authorized by federal law, interstate pipelines used for the transportation of hazardous or highly volatile liquid substances. Existing law provides that a violation, as determined by the State Fire Marshal, of the act, or any regulation adopted pursuant to the act, subjects a person to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty is not permitted to exceed $500,000 for any related series of violations. Existing law requires these penalties to be deposited into the Local Training Account in the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund, available upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2201 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2201 Bradford By Calderon — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2201 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — 57–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2201 Bradford By Calderon Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2201 Bradford By Calderon — 25–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 15–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 4825.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). 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. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 3. Page 4694.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Calderon.
• 2012-08-22 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4694.)
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4741.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44691a9b-1c51-4cb1-87c9-80b9ac2ea82e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).