republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-421.md

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Bill	Refineries: turnarounds.	Existing law requires a petroleum refinery employer to, every September 15, submit to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health information regarding planned turnarounds, as defined, for the following calendar year and provide onsite access to the division for inspection. Existing law establishes procedures for the public disclosure of turnaround information designated a trade secret, including authorization for a petroleum refinery employer to seek a declaratory judgment to prevent disclosure. Existing law requires a court to award attorney's fees to a party that prevails in an action to compel or prohibit the division from disclosing turnaround information.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 421	California SB 421 (20152016)	bill	Refineries: turnarounds.	enacted	Hancock	7	26	6	2015-02-25	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d1d35e90-8c55-47f6-a350-a0d6733e347a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB421	0535367b4000b69d43af34bb0386a2fdd51d0776560e38021de6a4fcc73670c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 421 (20152016) — Refineries: turnarounds.

Existing law requires a petroleum refinery employer to, every September 15, submit to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health information regarding planned turnarounds, as defined, for the following calendar year and provide onsite access to the division for inspection. Existing law establishes procedures for the public disclosure of turnaround information designated a trade secret, including authorization for a petroleum refinery employer to seek a declaratory judgment to prevent disclosure. Existing law requires a court to award attorney's fees to a party that prevails in an action to compel or prohibit the division from disclosing turnaround information.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB421 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 421 Hancock Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (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 RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 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
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2015-05-04 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
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 983.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-19 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2015-05-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1214.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-19 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
• 2015-07-06 July 7 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2637.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2377.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1d35e90-8c55-47f6-a350-a0d6733e347a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).