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type: "Bill"
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title: "Oil and gas: operations: restrictions: local authority."
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description: "Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities attendant to oil and gas production, so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, as provided; to permit owners and operators of wells to utilize all known methods and practices to increase the ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons; and to perform the supervisor's duties in a manner that encourages the wise development of oil and gas resources to best meet oil and gas needs in this state. Existing California Supreme Court case law holds that these provisions preempt certain local ordinances that ban certain oil production methods, as provided. Existing law provides that the laws relating to oil and gas regulation apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil wells is now or may hereafter be prohibited, as provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 3233"
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citation: "California AB 3233 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Oil and gas", "local authority", "operations", "restrictions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Addis"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac66f6cb-25b4-4e7e-944e-d3f7387b2c25"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233"
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source_hash: "a58696b773183d96c8c28b7490b7fdbfcb6891120f2847383e7c238decb13387"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 3233 (20232024) — Oil and gas: operations: restrictions: local authority.
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Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities attendant to oil and gas production, so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, as provided; to permit owners and operators of wells to utilize all known methods and practices to increase the ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons; and to perform the supervisor's duties in a manner that encourages the wise development of oil and gas resources to best meet oil and gas needs in this state. Existing California Supreme Court case law holds that these provisions preempt certain local ordinances that ban certain oil production methods, as provided. Existing law provides that the laws relating to oil and gas regulation apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil wells is now or may hereafter be prohibited, as provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323399INT)
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2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323398AMD)
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3. **06/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323397AMD)
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4. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323396AMD)
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5. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323394CHP)
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6. **AB3233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233)
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7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3233&version=20230AB323395ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 3233 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–15** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB3233 Addis et al. By Laird Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 3233 Addis Assembly Third Reading — **43–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB3233 Addis et al. By Laird — **20–14** (fail) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–4** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB3233 Addis et al. By Laird — **21–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Addis — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — coauthor (person)
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- Stern — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** 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`
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- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-22** (Ayes 50. Noes 10. Page 4912.)
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- **2024-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 14. Page 5519.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-05** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 14.). `failure, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-29** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Laird.
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- **2024-08-29** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.)
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 15.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 550, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac66f6cb-25b4-4e7e-944e-d3f7387b2c25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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