republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sjr-12.md

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Bill	Relative to oil and gas leases.	This measure would urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify bankruptcy rules to provide, in the event of liquidation and termination of oil and gas leases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, that priority is given to plug and abandonment and restoration obligations, to protect the environment, over all secured creditor claims.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SJR 12	California SJR 12 (20232024)	joint resolution	Oil and gas leases bankruptcy	enacted	Min	4	12	4	2024-02-13	2024-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9526117e-ef80-4dbb-a37b-8077fe432b55	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12	2288e774b9905acbbfdca86c2a546ec14768d6609093ec8c4ba742811c7dea6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SJR 12 (20232024) — Relative to oil and gas leases.

This measure would urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify bankruptcy rules to provide, in the event of liquidation and termination of oil and gas leases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, that priority is given to plug and abandonment and restoration obligations, to protect the environment, over all secured creditor claims.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/13/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/21/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SJR12 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SJR 12 Min Senate Third Reading By Hart — 57–11 (pass) · lower
• Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SJR12 Min — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted. To third reading. — 9–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Min — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-02-13 Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2024-04-16 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3608.) (April 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-06 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 4348.) Ordered to the Assembly. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2024-06-06 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2024-06-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-15 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 57. Noes 11. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2024-08-15 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2024-08-21 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
• 2024-08-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 174, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9526117e-ef80-4dbb-a37b-8077fe432b55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).