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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lithium Extraction Tax: fund distribution."
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description: "Existing law, the Lithium Extraction Tax Law, imposes a lithium extraction excise tax upon each metric ton of lithium carbonate equivalent extracted from geothermal fluid, spodumene ore, rock, minerals, clay, or any other naturally occurring substance in this state, as specified. Existing law requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer and collect the tax and requires all collected revenues, less refunds and reimbursement to the department for administrative expenses, to be deposited into the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund and disbursed in the manner prescribed. Existing law requires 80% of the moneys in the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund to be disbursed by the Controller to all counties in proportion to the amounts collected for lithium extraction within each county, as specified, and 20% of the moneys to be deposited into the Salton Sea Lithium Fund."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 974"
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citation: "California SB 974 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Lithium Extraction Tax", "fund distribution"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-29"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ebf8b98-46d1-4a66-b136-4ab62b7edfaa"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974"
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source_hash: "f3ee5f9d6babab6dcf1a5e56b0c8a4456fcaf719ee2c18baa88967c498dfbdfb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 974 (20232024) — Lithium Extraction Tax: fund distribution.
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Existing law, the Lithium Extraction Tax Law, imposes a lithium extraction excise tax upon each metric ton of lithium carbonate equivalent extracted from geothermal fluid, spodumene ore, rock, minerals, clay, or any other naturally occurring substance in this state, as specified. Existing law requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer and collect the tax and requires all collected revenues, less refunds and reimbursement to the department for administrative expenses, to be deposited into the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund and disbursed in the manner prescribed. Existing law requires 80% of the moneys in the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund to be disbursed by the Controller to all counties in proportion to the amounts collected for lithium extraction within each county, as specified, and 20% of the moneys to be deposited into the Salton Sea Lithium Fund.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974&version=20230SB97499INT)
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2. **04/02/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974&version=20230SB97498AMD)
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3. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974&version=20230SB97496CHP)
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4. **SB974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974)
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5. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB974&version=20230SB97497ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 974 Grove Senate Third Reading By Lackey — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Grove — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-30** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 29.
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- **2024-02-21** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-19** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2024-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3563.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2024-04-22** April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3966.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4178.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6523.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 596, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ebf8b98-46d1-4a66-b136-4ab62b7edfaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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