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type: "Bill"
title: "Surface mining: idle mines."
description: "The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, with exceptions, prohibits a person from conducting a surface mining operation unless, among other things, a reclamation plan has been submitted to and approved by the lead agency for the operation. The act requires an operator, within 90 days of a surface mining operation becoming idle, to submit to the lead agency for review and approval, an interim management plan. The act defines idle to mean a curtailment for a period of one year or more of surface mining operations by more than 90% of the operation's previous maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume those surface mining operations at a future date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "California SB 108 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surface mining: idle mines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-13"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7a020a-f4a2-4647-a00b-f1f82c5c2667"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108"
source_hash: "5d2c814dc31f382c51b9341b1bff9c1b75885bcf0ca2174c9231ede3893916bf"
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 108 (20112012) — Surface mining: idle mines.
The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, with exceptions, prohibits a person from conducting a surface mining operation unless, among other things, a reclamation plan has been submitted to and approved by the lead agency for the operation. The act requires an operator, within 90 days of a surface mining operation becoming idle, to submit to the lead agency for review and approval, an interim management plan. The act defines idle to mean a curtailment for a period of one year or more of surface mining operations by more than 90% of the operation's previous maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume those surface mining operations at a future date.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/13/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10899INT)
2. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10898AMD)
3. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10897AMD)
4. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10896AMD)
5. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10895AMD)
6. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10893CHP)
7. **SB108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108)
8. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10894ENR)
## Votes
- SB 108 Rubio Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON Amend By DICKINSON Set #1**740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **90** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #3**390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · lower
- SB 108 Rubio Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB108 Rubio Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rubio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-01-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-11** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 740.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-26** (Corrected August 30.)
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2812.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2406.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 491, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7a020a-f4a2-4647-a00b-f1f82c5c2667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).