republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-887.md

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Bill	Natural gas storage wells.	(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 fails to comply with specific laws relating to the regulation of oil or gas operations is guilty of a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 887	California SB 887 (20152016)	bill	Natural gas storage wells.	enacted	Pavley	10	30	10	2016-01-20	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1c0aab1d-5ed0-4601-9821-d5bdef3a9993	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB887	bee21298f7c3d3ed2da4f9f232ba3ee953f3c9ad2281f3481cef6ca2e366f5bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 887 (20152016) — Natural gas storage wells.

(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 fails to comply with specific laws relating to the regulation of oil or gas operations is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/20/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/26/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB887 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/30/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 887 Pavley Senate Third Reading By V. A. Amendment Set #1 — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 887 Pavley Senate Third Reading By WILK — 75–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB887 Pavley Concurrence — 36–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pavley — primary (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-01-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 20.
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3312.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3642.) (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 3999.) (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
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4091.) 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
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, 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
• 2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5973.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6240.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 5444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 673, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c0aab1d-5ed0-4601-9821-d5bdef3a9993. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).