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type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas production: water use: reporting."
description: "Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, stimulation, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. Existing law requires the owner of any well to file with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor a monthly statement that provides certain information relating to the well, including what disposition was made of the water produced from each field. Existing law provides that a person who fails to comply with specific laws relating to the regulation of oil or gas operations, including failing to furnish a report or record, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "California SB 1281 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas production: water use: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21d98fce-8cd7-4755-abcb-85677be57b97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281"
source_hash: "eacaa3313f463d85a98558f15fe1a106221227168e57c4d4f78be09a38dcc288"
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 1281 (20132014) — Oil and gas production: water use: reporting.
Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, stimulation, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. Existing law requires the owner of any well to file with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor a monthly statement that provides certain information relating to the well, including what disposition was made of the water produced from each field. Existing law provides that a person who fails to comply with specific laws relating to the regulation of oil or gas operations, including failing to furnish a report or record, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128199INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128198AMD)
3. **06/09/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128197AMD)
4. **08/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128196AMD)
5. **08/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128195AMD)
6. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128194AMD)
7. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128192CHP)
8. **SB1281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281)
9. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1281&version=20130SB128193ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB1281 Pavley Concurrence — **330** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **106** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **63** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **273** (pass) · upper
- SB 1281 Pavley Senate Third Reading By RIDLEY-THOMAS — **726** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pavley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-10** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3296.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3713.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 3. Page 3608.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-06** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-08-13** Set, second hearing.
- **2014-08-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-13** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5998.)
- **2014-08-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 6.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6346.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 6574.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4941.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 561, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21d98fce-8cd7-4755-abcb-85677be57b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).