republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2912.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil spills."
description: "The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, acting at the direction of the Governor, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including emergency drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires each owner or operator of a tank vessel, nontank vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo, or facility to submit, upon request of the administrator, a copy of a federally approved oil spill response plan at the time of approval of the plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2912"
citation: "California AB 2912 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil spills."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-03-15"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d53d90-36c5-4f35-9593-b9cd526914a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912"
source_hash: "86a348f3f3165cdf392504d0a7fc2708f3000b8901937e930ee505a7216bd094"
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 2912 (20152016) — Oil spills.

The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, acting at the direction of the Governor, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including emergency drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires each owner or operator of a tank vessel, nontank vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo, or facility to submit, upon request of the administrator, a copy of a federally approved oil spill response plan at the time of approval of the plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912&version=20150AB291299INT)
2. **06/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912&version=20150AB291298AMD)
3. **06/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912&version=20150AB291297AMD)
4. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912&version=20150AB291295CHP)
5. **AB2912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912)
6. **08/16/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2912&version=20150AB291296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2912 NAT. RES. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2912 NAT. RES. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WILLIAMS — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2912 Committee On NAT. RES. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2016-03-28** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4791.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** 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`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4875.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5818.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d53d90-36c5-4f35-9593-b9cd526914a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).