Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to enter into an agreement with an existing nonprofit corporation, as provided, to establish a nongovernmental trust to be known as the California Ocean Science Trust. Existing law specifies as one of the trust's purposes funding California ocean resource science projects that help fulfill the missions of the state's ocean resource management agencies. Existing law authorizes the trust to engage with scientific experts to develop and provide peer reviews, technical guidance, or scientific reports and analyses, as specified.
California SB 1324 (20232024) — California Ocean Science Trust: agreements.
Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to enter into an agreement with an existing nonprofit corporation, as provided, to establish a nongovernmental trust to be known as the California Ocean Science Trust. Existing law specifies as one of the trust's purposes funding California ocean resource science projects that help fulfill the missions of the state's ocean resource management agencies. Existing law authorizes the trust to engage with scientific experts to develop and provide peer reviews, technical guidance, or scientific reports and analyses, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1324 Limón Senate Third Reading By Ting — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2024-02-29 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2024-03-01 Set for hearing April 9.
2024-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3533.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
2024-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3754.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3920.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6536.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 470, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae2e223b-9eb6-46b1-b073-059fdceca3f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).