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Bill	State lands: leasing: oil and gas.	Existing law vests exclusive jurisdiction over ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the state to the State Lands Commission. Existing law confers the powers of the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileges to lands owned by the state upon a local trustee of granted public trust lands to which those lands have been granted. Existing law authorizes the commission to let leases for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands or submerged lands in state waters and beds of navigable rivers and lakes within the state in accordance with specified provisions of law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 834	California SB 834 (20172018)	bill	State lands: leasing: oil and gas.	enacted	Jackson	7	27	8	2018-01-04	2018-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4fe5256c-e5e3-443e-be60-968eb2d58c76	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB834	d4943401968f896923bbd308c6380c33282bc8990b503b94dcc77049e04c17a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 834 (20172018) — State lands: leasing: oil and gas.

Existing law vests exclusive jurisdiction over ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the state to the State Lands Commission. Existing law confers the powers of the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileges to lands owned by the state upon a local trustee of granted public trust lands to which those lands have been granted. Existing law authorizes the commission to let leases for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands or submerged lands in state waters and beds of navigable rivers and lakes within the state in accordance with specified provisions of law.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB834 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB834 Jackson et al. — 24–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 834 Jackson Senate Third Reading By MURATSUCHI — 45–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB834 Jackson et al. Concurrence — 28–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Lara — author (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
• 2018-01-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 4698.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2018-04-30 April 30 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 4298.) (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 24. Noes 8. Page 4316.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 6670.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 5933.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fe5256c-e5e3-443e-be60-968eb2d58c76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).