Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, damage to underground oil and gas deposits from infiltrating water and other causes, loss of oil, gas, or reservoir of energy, and damage to underground and surface waters suitable for irrigation or domestic purposes by the infiltration of, or the addition of, detrimental substances. Existing law defines "wells" to mean oil or gas wells or other wells related to oil or gas production.
California SB 567 (20252026) — Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program.
Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells so as to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, damage to underground oil and gas deposits from infiltrating water and other causes, loss of oil, gas, or reservoir of energy, and damage to underground and surface waters suitable for irrigation or domestic purposes by the infiltration of, or the addition of, detrimental substances. Existing law defines "wells" to mean oil or gas wells or other wells related to oil or gas production.
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] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 33–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
SB 567 Limón Senate Third Reading By Bryan — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB567 Limón Concurrence — 37–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2025-03-12 Set for hearing March 25.
2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 532.) (March 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 Set for hearing April 30.
2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 963.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1204.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 1447.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-09 July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2716.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 419, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/308fd98c-cd15-4aba-bd1d-c30b2a5d7aa1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).