republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1658.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans."
description: "The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, who is the head of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires the administrator, taking into consideration the California oil spill contingency plan, to promulgate regulations regarding the adequacy of oil spill elements of area plans adopted pursuant to specified existing law. The act authorizes the administrator to offer, to a unified program agency with jurisdiction over or directly adjacent to waters of the state, a grant to complete, update, or revise an oil spill element of the area plan. The act requires each oil spill element prepared under those provisions to be consistent with the local government's local coastal program, the California oil spill contingency plan, and the National Contingency Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1658"
citation: "California AB 1658 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71d28c8-3bcd-45f8-b6a3-6af4f75335bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658"
source_hash: "1e83c56b0ee01ea4ffa8145ad7008838c1acf724953cd66f014386e7e4871bad"
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 AB 1658 (20212022) — Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans.

The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, who is the head of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup. The act requires the administrator, taking into consideration the California oil spill contingency plan, to promulgate regulations regarding the adequacy of oil spill elements of area plans adopted pursuant to specified existing law. The act authorizes the administrator to offer, to a unified program agency with jurisdiction over or directly adjacent to waters of the state, a grant to complete, update, or revise an oil spill element of the area plan. The act requires each oil spill element prepared under those provisions to be consistent with the local government's local coastal program, the California oil spill contingency plan, and the National Contingency Plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658&version=20210AB165899INT)
2. **03/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658&version=20210AB165898AMD)
3. **04/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658&version=20210AB165897AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658&version=20210AB165895CHP)
5. **AB1658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658)
6. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1658&version=20210AB165896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1658 Nguyen et al. By Bates — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1658 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Choi — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** 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`
- **2022-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4696.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
- **2022-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 5098.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d71d28c8-3bcd-45f8-b6a3-6af4f75335bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).