Existing law authorizes the State Lands Commission to let leases for the extraction and removal of oil and gas deposits from state lands, including tidelands or submerged lands, in accordance with specified provisions of law. 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 State Lands 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.
California AB 342 (20192020) — Public lands: leasing: oil and gas: prohibition.
Existing law authorizes the State Lands Commission to let leases for the extraction and removal of oil and gas deposits from state lands, including tidelands or submerged lands, in accordance with specified provisions of law. 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 State Lands 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
AB 342 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — 51–19 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB342 Muratsuchi et al. By Jackson — 23–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
AB 342 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–19 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Muratsuchi — primary (person)
Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2019-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 1796.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 2515.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3122.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 769, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26edd93a-dd30-44ac-825e-9fa263d95199. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).