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Bill	Natural resources.	(1) Existing law, the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, prohibits a person, with exceptions, from conducting surface mining operations unless, among other things, a permit is obtained from, a specified reclamation plan is submitted to and approved by, and financial assurances for reclamation have been approved by the lead agency, as defined, for the operation of the surface mining operation. The act requires that the State Mining and Geology Board submit to the Legislature each year a report on the actions taken under the act during the preceding fiscal year, and requires the Division of Mine Reclamation in the Department of Conservation, at a minimum, to quarterly publish in the California Regulatory Notice Register, or otherwise make available upon request to the Department of General Services or any other state or local agency, a list identifying specified information pertaining to surface mining operations for which a report is required.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3257	California AB 3257 (20172018)	bill	Natural resources.	enacted	Committee on Natural Resources	9	30	8	2018-03-20	2018-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/204e9602-0768-45f6-8379-70c98f0151b5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3257	3bef0fa6aed2b0062d584ccf2fc631902190f27a4f5d54de6f1544159b6faf52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3257 (20172018) — Natural resources.

(1) Existing law, the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, prohibits a person, with exceptions, from conducting surface mining operations unless, among other things, a permit is obtained from, a specified reclamation plan is submitted to and approved by, and financial assurances for reclamation have been approved by the lead agency, as defined, for the operation of the surface mining operation. The act requires that the State Mining and Geology Board submit to the Legislature each year a report on the actions taken under the act during the preceding fiscal year, and requires the Division of Mine Reclamation in the Department of Conservation, at a minimum, to quarterly publish in the California Regulatory Notice Register, or otherwise make available upon request to the Department of General Services or any other state or local agency, a list identifying specified information pertaining to surface mining operations for which a report is required.

Version chain

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

1. 03/20/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB3257 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB3257 NAT. RES. (Muratsuchi) By Allen — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3257 NAT. RES. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By MURATSUCHI — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3257 NAT. RES. Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Natural Resources — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-03-21 From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
• 2018-04-02 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5653.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5825.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6871.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/204e9602-0768-45f6-8379-70c98f0151b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).