Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law authorizes the commission to lease tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes for purposes of the extraction of oil and gas, as provided. Existing law prohibits a state agency or state officer from entering into any new lease for the extraction of oil or gas from the California Coastal Sanctuary, except as provided.
California AB 2257 (20212022) — State lands: oil and gas leases: cost study.
Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law authorizes the commission to lease tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes for purposes of the extraction of oil and gas, as provided. Existing law prohibits a state agency or state officer from entering into any new lease for the extraction of oil or gas from the California Coastal Sanctuary, except as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2257 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–14 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2257 Boerner Horvath et a By Limón — 32–6 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2257 Boerner Horvath Assembly Third Reading — 54–12 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
Petrie-Norris — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-03-21 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
2022-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 12. Page 5032.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2022-06-15 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 5127.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/525ff885-6b2a-448e-b63c-289234f02743. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).