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Bill	Surface mining: reclamation plans: renewable energy generation facility.	The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 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, as defined, for the mining operation. The act requires an amendment to an approved reclamation plan that is a substantial deviation from the approved plan to be filed with, and approved by, the lead agency and submitted to the Director of Conservation for review and comment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1034	California AB 1034 (20152016)	bill	Surface mining: reclamation plans: renewable energy generation facility.	enacted	Obernolte	9	26	6	2015-02-26	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b97e742a-0aca-49e4-bf8b-9e4df4652429	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1034	4542a7795c3ca26519960e20b99f78d68dbb13414d7acfee2d11486dcee6c0fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1034 (20152016) — Surface mining: reclamation plans: renewable energy generation facility.

The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 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, as defined, for the mining operation. The act requires an amendment to an approved reclamation plan that is a substantial deviation from the approved plan to be filed with, and approved by, the lead agency and submitted to the Director of Conservation for review and comment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1034 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1034 OBERNOLTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1034 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Obernolte — primary (person)
• Fuller — principal coauthor (person)
• Morrell — coauthor (person)
• Steinorth — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1595.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2120.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2666.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b97e742a-0aca-49e4-bf8b-9e4df4652429. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).