Ocean Protection Council: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Reduction Program.
The California Ocean Protection Act establishes the Ocean Protection Council and requires the council, among other things, to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems, and to establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. The act creates the California Ocean Protection Trust Fund in the State Treasury and authorizes moneys deposited in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be expended by the council for projects and activities authorized by the council consistent with the purposes of the act.
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SB 1363
California SB 1363 (20152016)
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Ocean Protection Council: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Reduction Program.
California SB 1363 (20152016) — Ocean Protection Council: Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Reduction Program.
The California Ocean Protection Act establishes the Ocean Protection Council and requires the council, among other things, to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems, and to establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. The act creates the California Ocean Protection Trust Fund in the State Treasury and authorizes moneys deposited in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be expended by the council for projects and activities authorized by the council consistent with the purposes of the act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
SB 1363 Monning Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 60–15 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 27–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1363 Monning Concurrence — 27–11 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Monning — primary (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
Pavley — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Williams — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-03-31 Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 12.
2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3496.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-14 Set for hearing April 20.
2016-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3644.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2016-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4009.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 4123.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 5923.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5333.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 846, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df71c646-4544-49b6-a618-b0835f583f48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).