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Bill	Oil and gas: operations.	(1) Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise 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, so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, as provided; to permit owners and operators of wells to utilize all known methods and practices to increase the ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons; and to perform the supervisor's duties in a manner that encourages the wise development of oil and gas resources to best meet oil and gas needs in this state. Existing law defines, among other things, "active observation well," "idle well," and "long-term idle well" for the purposes of these provisions. Existing law provides that an active observation well is not an idle well.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2729	California AB 2729 (20152016)	bill appropriation	Oil and gas: operations.	enacted	Williams	10	32	9	2016-02-19	2016-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/3f4061b1-4300-4ea1-9a9d-976e29cfa756	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2729	d4f0339e121f5aa18087a7c38bfc150958b702b539e2586be4cf0f8bbb116ae7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2729 (20152016) — Oil and gas: operations.

(1) Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise 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, so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, as provided; to permit owners and operators of wells to utilize all known methods and practices to increase the ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons; and to perform the supervisor's duties in a manner that encourages the wise development of oil and gas resources to best meet oil and gas needs in this state. Existing law defines, among other things, "active observation well," "idle well," and "long-term idle well" for the purposes of these provisions. Existing law provides that an active observation well is not an idle well.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/14/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2729 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 2729 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 62–14 (pass) · lower
• AB 2729 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2729 Williams By Jackson — 30–6 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Williams — primary (person)
• Salas — author (person)
• Thurmond — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-10 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 4). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-14 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5166.)
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 14. Page 5173.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2016-06-20 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
• 2016-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 5114.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 6200.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f4061b1-4300-4ea1-9a9d-976e29cfa756. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).