Existing law establishes the Oil Trust Fund in the State Treasury and appropriates the money in the fund to the State Lands Commission commencing when specified conditions are met. Existing law requires the Controller to transfer certain oil-revenue-related moneys to the fund. Existing law requires the commission to expend the money in the fund to finance the costs of well abandonment, pipeline removal, facility removal, remediation, and other costs associated with removal of oil and gas facilities from the Long Beach tidelands. Existing law prohibits the total amount deposited in the fund from exceeding $300,000,000 and requires all interest earned on money in the fund after the balance in the fund totals $300,000,000 to be transferred to the General Fund.
California AB 353 (20212022) — Oil revenue: Oil Trust Fund.
Existing law establishes the Oil Trust Fund in the State Treasury and appropriates the money in the fund to the State Lands Commission commencing when specified conditions are met. Existing law requires the Controller to transfer certain oil-revenue-related moneys to the fund. Existing law requires the commission to expend the money in the fund to finance the costs of well abandonment, pipeline removal, facility removal, remediation, and other costs associated with removal of oil and gas facilities from the Long Beach tidelands. Existing law prohibits the total amount deposited in the fund from exceeding $300,000,000 and requires all interest earned on money in the fund after the balance in the fund totals $300,000,000 to be transferred to the General Fund.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB353 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 353 O'Donnell Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
O'Donnell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-01-03 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
2022-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-01-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-01-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-01-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-01-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3368.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-01-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4974.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/695deef0-2d41-4e09-a03c-5f1ed34fb3e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).