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type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas operations: enforcement actions."
description: "(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 provides that a person who violates certain requirements related to the regulation of oil and gas is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to consider specified circumstances when establishing the amount of the civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2756"
citation: "California AB 2756 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas operations: enforcement actions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba72e49-5ef4-42e1-bbfc-8cb4008425c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756"
source_hash: "f05f522e6d5b3a29eb9d3f8ad27da08bd197e1be72b1a128133ea52341d7834c"
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 AB 2756 (20152016) — Oil and gas operations: enforcement actions.
(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 provides that a person who violates certain requirements related to the regulation of oil and gas is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to consider specified circumstances when establishing the amount of the civil penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275699INT)
2. **04/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275698AMD)
3. **05/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275697AMD)
4. **06/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275696AMD)
5. **09/09/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275694CHP)
6. **AB2756** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756)
7. **08/18/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2756&version=20150AB275695ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **71** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **72** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2756 Thurmond By Lara — **363** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **72** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **146** (pass) · lower
- AB 2756 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — **6413** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Thurmond — primary (person)
- Williams — 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 JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. 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 JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5075.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Page 5166.)
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 13. Page 5178.) `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 Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 5011.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2016-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eba72e49-5ef4-42e1-bbfc-8cb4008425c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).