Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans.
The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, who is the head of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires the administrator, taking into consideration the California oil spill contingency plan, to promulgate regulations regarding the adequacy of oil spill elements of area plans adopted pursuant to specified existing law. The act authorizes the administrator to offer, to a unified program agency with jurisdiction over or directly adjacent to waters of the state, a grant to complete, update, or revise an oil spill element of the area plan. The act requires each oil spill element prepared under those provisions to be consistent with the local government's local coastal program, the California oil spill contingency plan, and the National Contingency Plan.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1658
California AB 1658 (20212022)
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Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans.
California AB 1658 (20212022) — Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans.
The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, who is the head of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires the administrator, taking into consideration the California oil spill contingency plan, to promulgate regulations regarding the adequacy of oil spill elements of area plans adopted pursuant to specified existing law. The act authorizes the administrator to offer, to a unified program agency with jurisdiction over or directly adjacent to waters of the state, a grant to complete, update, or revise an oil spill element of the area plan. The act requires each oil spill element prepared under those provisions to be consistent with the local government's local coastal program, the California oil spill contingency plan, and the National Contingency Plan.
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] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1658 Nguyen et al. By Bates — 25–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1658 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nguyen — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Choi — coauthor (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
2022-01-27 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-04-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4696.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2022-06-10 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
2022-06-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 5098.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d71d28c8-3bcd-45f8-b6a3-6af4f75335bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).