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Bill	Ballast water management.	The Marine Invasive Species Act, which generally applies to all vessels carrying or capable of carrying ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters of the state and to all ballast water and associated sediments taken on a vessel, imposes specified requirements on the master, owner, operator, or person in charge of one those vessels to minimize the uptake and release of nonindigenous species. The act requires the State Lands Commission to adopt regulations governing ballast water management practices for vessels arriving at a California port from a port outside of the Pacific Coast Region, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1312	California AB 1312 (20152016)	bill	Ballast water management.	enacted	O'Donnell	6	24	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/986807be-0d6a-4327-8f78-b1442e435def	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1312	a4be7a79fccb895e12e6902bf2901e271b07816e81753cabe2ba4734cc3844fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1312 (20152016) — Ballast water management.

The Marine Invasive Species Act, which generally applies to all vessels carrying or capable of carrying ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters of the state and to all ballast water and associated sediments taken on a vessel, imposes specified requirements on the master, owner, operator, or person in charge of one those vessels to minimize the uptake and release of nonindigenous species. The act requires the State Lands Commission to adopt regulations governing ballast water management practices for vessels arriving at a California port from a port outside of the Pacific Coast Region, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1312 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1312 O'Donnell By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1312 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1350.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2148.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-09-01 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 644, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/986807be-0d6a-4327-8f78-b1442e435def. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).