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Bill	Oil spill response.	(1) 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 authorizes the administrator to use volunteer workers in response, containment, restoration, wildlife rehabilitation, and cleanup efforts for oil spills in waters of the state. Existing law requires the administrator to evaluate the feasibility of using commercial fishermen and other mariners for oil spill containment and cleanup.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 414	California SB 414 (20152016)	bill	Oil spill response.	enacted	Jackson	11	34	9	2015-02-25	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/076fdeab-e4c8-484a-878b-e06fef8c43c6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB414	7b1c95d94a6cd15520aba6e8db60c8092f18d9853e389c819b18a526f677feed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 414 (20152016) — Oil spill response.

(1) 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 authorizes the administrator to use volunteer workers in response, containment, restoration, wildlife rehabilitation, and cleanup efforts for oil spills in waters of the state. Existing law requires the administrator to evaluate the feasibility of using commercial fishermen and other mariners for oil spill containment and cleanup.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB414 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/15/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB414 Jackson Concurrence — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 414 Jackson Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)
• Williams — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-04-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 525.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 633.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-06-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and G.O. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2015-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2953.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2015-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2015-09-10 Set for hearing September 10.
• 2015-09-10 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) committee-passage
• 2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2751.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 609, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/076fdeab-e4c8-484a-878b-e06fef8c43c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).