republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-930.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subsurface installations: attorney's fees and costs."
description: "Existing law requires every operator of a subsurface installation, except the Department of Transportation, to become a member of, participate in, and share in the costs of, a regional notification center. Existing law requires an excavator planning to conduct an excavation to delineate the area to be excavated before notifying the appropriate regional notification center of the planned excavation, as provided. Existing law requires an operator, before the legal excavation start date and time, to locate and field mark, within the area delineated for excavation, its subsurface installations. Existing law establishes a process for an excavator to request and obtain a continual excavation ticket for an area of continual excavation, as defined, that is valid for one year from the date of issuance and eligible for renewal. Existing law requires this process to include onsite meetings to develop a mutually agreed-upon plan. Existing law prescribes liability for failure to comply with these processes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 930"
citation: "California AB 930 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Subsurface installations: attorney's fees and costs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dab3f74a-a259-4fef-9092-6b9f62dd30e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930"
source_hash: "a0d2a6b93e55f7f2cc2939552a4887ebfcceff754dcc2d7dba1cd703858cfc57"
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 930 (20212022) — Subsurface installations: attorney's fees and costs.

Existing law requires every operator of a subsurface installation, except the Department of Transportation, to become a member of, participate in, and share in the costs of, a regional notification center. Existing law requires an excavator planning to conduct an excavation to delineate the area to be excavated before notifying the appropriate regional notification center of the planned excavation, as provided. Existing law requires an operator, before the legal excavation start date and time, to locate and field mark, within the area delineated for excavation, its subsurface installations. Existing law establishes a process for an excavator to request and obtain a continual excavation ticket for an area of continual excavation, as defined, that is valid for one year from the date of issuance and eligible for renewal. Existing law requires this process to include onsite meetings to develop a mutually agreed-upon plan. Existing law prescribes liability for failure to comply with these processes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930&version=20210AB93099INT)
2. **03/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930&version=20210AB93098AMD)
3. **06/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930&version=20210AB93097AMD)
4. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930&version=20210AB93095CHP)
5. **AB930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930)
6. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB930&version=20210AB93096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 930 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB930 Levine By Umberg — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 930 Levine Assembly Third Reading — **51–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 1652.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2289.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 2739.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dab3f74a-a259-4fef-9092-6b9f62dd30e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).