(1) Existing law requires a person engaging in the drilling, redrilling, or deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one or more wells located in submerged lands under ocean waters within the jurisdiction of the state to file with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor a blanket indemnity bond for a specified amount to cover all of the operator's operations in any of those wells. Existing law requires a person who operates one or more of those wells to provide an additional amount of security acceptable to the supervisor covering the full costs of plugging and abandoning all of the operator's wells. Existing law requires the supervisor to determine the additional amount of the security required of each operator based on his or her determination of the reasonable costs of that plugging and abandonment.
California SB 1147 (20172018) — Offshore oil and gas wells.
(1) Existing law requires a person engaging in the drilling, redrilling, or deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one or more wells located in submerged lands under ocean waters within the jurisdiction of the state to file with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor a blanket indemnity bond for a specified amount to cover all of the operator's operations in any of those wells. Existing law requires a person who operates one or more of those wells to provide an additional amount of security acceptable to the supervisor covering the full costs of plugging and abandoning all of the operator's wells. Existing law requires the supervisor to determine the additional amount of the security required of each operator based on his or her determination of the reasonable costs of that plugging and abandonment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1147 Hertzberg Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 30–3 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1147 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By STONE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2018-03-14 Set for hearing April 16.
2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4698.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 30.
2018-04-26 April 30 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
2018-05-07 May 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4305.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4408.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-15 August 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6802.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6053.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2badd0a0-57a9-44e2-8fc1-64bfa518ee2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).