State parks: resource exploitation exceptions: commercialization of investigation results.
Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation has control of the state park system. Existing law prohibits commercial exploitation of resources in state park system units, but provides certain exceptions for commercial drilling for oil or gas and commercial fishing, as specified. Upon receiving prior approval from the Director of Parks and Recreation, existing law encourages qualified institutions and individuals to conduct nondestructive forms of scientific investigation within state park system units. Existing law establishes the State Parks and Recreation Fund into which are deposited fees, rents, and other returns for use of the state parks, and moneys in the fund are available for expenditure for state park planning, acquisition, and development projects, operation of the state park system, and resource and property management and protection, when appropriated by the Legislature.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 442
California SB 442 (20192020)
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State parks: resource exploitation exceptions: commercialization of investigation results.
California SB 442 (20192020) — State parks: resource exploitation exceptions: commercialization of investigation results.
Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation has control of the state park system. Existing law prohibits commercial exploitation of resources in state park system units, but provides certain exceptions for commercial drilling for oil or gas and commercial fishing, as specified. Upon receiving prior approval from the Director of Parks and Recreation, existing law encourages qualified institutions and individuals to conduct nondestructive forms of scientific investigation within state park system units. Existing law establishes the State Parks and Recreation Fund into which are deposited fees, rents, and other returns for use of the state parks, and moneys in the fund are available for expenditure for state park planning, acquisition, and development projects, operation of the state park system, and resource and property management and protection, when appropriated by the Legislature.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
SB 442 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Medina — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 23.
2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 777.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-30 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 968.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1001.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-24 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2019-06-06 June 18 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3570.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2951.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 477, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85b1fc2f-d545-4b57-bae6-d489e96d7df8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).