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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relative to oil and gas leases."
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description: "This measure would urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify bankruptcy rules to provide, in the event of liquidation and termination of oil and gas leases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, that priority is given to plug and abandonment and restoration obligations, to protect the environment, over all secured creditor claims."
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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: "SJR 12"
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citation: "California SJR 12 (20232024)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["Oil and gas leases", "bankruptcy"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-02-13"
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last_action: "2024-08-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9526117e-ef80-4dbb-a37b-8077fe432b55"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12"
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source_hash: "2288e774b9905acbbfdca86c2a546ec14768d6609093ec8c4ba742811c7dea6f"
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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 SJR 12 (20232024) — Relative to oil and gas leases.
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This measure would urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify bankruptcy rules to provide, in the event of liquidation and termination of oil and gas leases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, that priority is given to plug and abandonment and restoration obligations, to protect the environment, over all secured creditor claims.
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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. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12&version=20230SJR1299INT)
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2. **08/21/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12&version=20230SJR1297CHP)
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3. **SJR12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12)
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4. **08/16/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR12&version=20230SJR1298ENR)
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## Votes
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- SJR 12 Min Senate Third Reading By Hart — **57–11** (pass) · lower
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- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SJR12 Min — **29–2** (pass) · upper
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- Be adopted. To third reading. — **9–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Min — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-13** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-02** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2024-04-16** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3608.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-06** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 4348.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
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- **2024-06-06** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
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- **2024-06-24** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-02** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-15** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 57. Noes 11. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
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- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2024-08-21** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
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- **2024-08-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 174, 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/9526117e-ef80-4dbb-a37b-8077fe432b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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