republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1360.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2014, prohibits, if the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves an application to prohibit the release of sewage from large passenger vessels or if the State Water Resources Control Board determines that an application is not necessary, an owner or operator of a large passenger vessel from releasing, or permitting another to release, sewage from the vessel into the marine waters of the state. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2014, the owner or operator to notify the California Emergency Management Agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after the discovery of a release of sewage from a large passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary. Existing law requires the owner or operator to notify the agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after the discovery of a release of graywater from a large passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state. Existing law imposes on a person who violates the prohibition a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1360"
citation: "California SB 1360 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c255e78-0558-44aa-84a1-13e5bc93a32d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360"
source_hash: "743e04e29a7571d854402bff3c4f4c68004f18122f838cc4779c8853251c3724"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1360 (20112012) — Vessels.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2014, prohibits, if the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves an application to prohibit the release of sewage from large passenger vessels or if the State Water Resources Control Board determines that an application is not necessary, an owner or operator of a large passenger vessel from releasing, or permitting another to release, sewage from the vessel into the marine waters of the state. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2014, the owner or operator to notify the California Emergency Management Agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after the discovery of a release of sewage from a large passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary. Existing law requires the owner or operator to notify the agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after the discovery of a release of graywater from a large passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state. Existing law imposes on a person who violates the prohibition a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each violation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136099INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136098AMD)
3. **04/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136097AMD)
4. **06/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136096AMD)
5. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136094CHP)
6. **SB1360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360)
7. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1360&version=20110SB136095ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1360 Simitian Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1360 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3190.) (April 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3428.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4628.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 279, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c255e78-0558-44aa-84a1-13e5bc93a32d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).