Oil and gas: hazardous or deserted wells and facilities: labor standards: expenditure limits: reports.
Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, to regulate the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil or gas wells in the state. Existing law establishes the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund in the State Treasury for expenditure by certain public entities in connection with various activities relating to oil and gas operations, as specified.
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SB 1295
California SB 1295 (20212022)
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Oil and gas: hazardous or deserted wells and facilities: labor standards: expenditure limits: reports.
California SB 1295 (20212022) — Oil and gas: hazardous or deserted wells and facilities: labor standards: expenditure limits: reports.
Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, to regulate the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil or gas wells in the state. Existing law establishes the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund in the State Treasury for expenditure by certain public entities in connection with various activities relating to oil and gas operations, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1295 Limón Senate Third Reading By Bennett — 52–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Kamlager — coauthor (person)
Laird — coauthor (person)
McGuire — coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 5.
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3327.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-07 Set for hearing April 18.
2022-04-18 April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3791.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered 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. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 3905.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 844, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4de3828-0e0c-4428-9ebc-63e3bd1f2291. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).