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Bill	Public lands: oil, gas, and mineral leases.	Existing law vests with the State Lands Commission control over certain public lands. Existing law authorizes, with respect to oil, gas, and mineral leases, the assignment, transfer, or sublet as to all or any part of certain leased or permitted lands, as prescribed, subject to approval by the commission, to any person, association of persons, or corporation, who, at the time of the proposed assignment, transfer, or sublease, possesses certain qualifications. Existing law provides that the commission's approval of any assignment or transfer of a separate portion of any lease or permit, or of a separate or distinct zone or geological horizon, or portion of a separate or distinct zone or geological horizon, releases and discharges the assignor or transferor from all obligations thereafter accruing under the lease or permit with respect to the assigned, transferred, or subleased portion of the lease or permit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 585	California AB 585 (20192020)	bill	Public lands: oil gas and mineral leases.	enacted	Limón	7	23	6	2019-02-14	2019-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3bd66f9c-3e48-49c1-bbc9-cd78fa166909	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB585	a17739e47c2848cad455ddd4c50c2f963c875ddb2f338d4202a36c1c2e4cca08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 585 (20192020) — Public lands: oil, gas, and mineral leases.

Existing law vests with the State Lands Commission control over certain public lands. Existing law authorizes, with respect to oil, gas, and mineral leases, the assignment, transfer, or sublet as to all or any part of certain leased or permitted lands, as prescribed, subject to approval by the commission, to any person, association of persons, or corporation, who, at the time of the proposed assignment, transfer, or sublease, possesses certain qualifications. Existing law provides that the commission's approval of any assignment or transfer of a separate portion of any lease or permit, or of a separate or distinct zone or geological horizon, or portion of a separate or distinct zone or geological horizon, releases and discharges the assignor or transferor from all obligations thereafter accruing under the lease or permit with respect to the assigned, transferred, or subleased portion of the lease or permit.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/30/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB585 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/09/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 585 Limón Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–13 (pass) · lower
• AB 585 Limón Assembly Third Reading — 44–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB585 Limón By Monning — 27–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-04-01 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
• 2019-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 18. Page 1472.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2019-06-03 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 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
• 2019-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1870.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-07-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 2562.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bd66f9c-3e48-49c1-bbc9-cd78fa166909. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).