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type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas: well stimulation."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation, or the division, regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor, or supervisor, supervises the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law requires an operator of a well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, to obtain approval from the supervisor or district deputy. Existing law requires the owner or operator of a well to keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well. Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, the owner or operator is required to file with the district deputy certain information, including the history of work performed. Under existing law, a person who violates any prohibition specific to the regulation of oil or gas operations is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "California SB 4 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas: well stimulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a081780c-085c-46cf-b44e-7c65b3144281"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4"
source_hash: "cfcf37dfc969e9be9a249c01c08f8305ce1c46fd38096783f74643947aa057d3"
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 4 (20132014) — Oil and gas: well stimulation.
(1) Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation, or the division, regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor, or supervisor, supervises the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law requires an operator of a well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, to obtain approval from the supervisor or district deputy. Existing law requires the owner or operator of a well to keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well. Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, the owner or operator is required to file with the district deputy certain information, including the history of work performed. Under existing law, a person who violates any prohibition specific to the regulation of oil or gas operations is guilty of a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB499INT)
2. **03/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB498AMD)
3. **04/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB497AMD)
4. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB496AMD)
5. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB495AMD)
6. **06/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB494AMD)
7. **06/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB493AMD)
8. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB492AMD)
9. **08/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB491AMD)
10. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB490AMD)
11. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB489AMD)
12. **09/20/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB487CHP)
13. **SB4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4)
14. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4&version=20130SB488ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 4 Pavley Senate Third Reading By GRAY — **54–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 4 Pavley Senate Third Reading Amend By GRAY Set #1 — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB4 Pavley Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pavley — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
- Leno — author (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** 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`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 466.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 788.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1004.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1158.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** 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`
- **2013-06-18** (Corrected June 19.)
- **2013-06-24** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-25** 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`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-19** 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`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2949.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2373.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2013-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 313, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a081780c-085c-46cf-b44e-7c65b3144281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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