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Bill	Oil spills: fishing: water closure: grants: liability.	(1) Existing law requires the Director of Fish and Wildlife, within 24 hours of notification of a spill or discharge, as described, to close certain waters to the take of all fish and shellfish. Existing law provides that closure is not required if the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finds, within 24 hours of the notification, that a public health threat does not or is unlikely to exist. Existing law requires the director, in consultation with OEHHA, to make specific determinations with regard to the spill or discharge within 48 hours of the notification. Existing law requires the director, within 48 hours of notification or as soon as is feasible, in consultation with OEHHA, to assess and determine the potential danger from consuming fish contained in a recirculating seawater tank onboard a vessel. Existing law requires the director to seek full reimbursement from the responsible parties for the spill or discharge for all reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out these provisions. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 839	California SB 839 (20252026)	bill	Oilspills fishing grants liability waterclosure	enacted	Laird	7	32	10	2025-02-21	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2a0d94fd-56b8-486b-b724-c71b28f0c3f8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB839	0fe0a87be8613eef729c1c91eeb00ecc50b339f7ca8d75f0c9d0f5d81d8bb756	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 839 (20252026) — Oil spills: fishing: water closure: grants: liability.

(1) Existing law requires the Director of Fish and Wildlife, within 24 hours of notification of a spill or discharge, as described, to close certain waters to the take of all fish and shellfish. Existing law provides that closure is not required if the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finds, within 24 hours of the notification, that a public health threat does not or is unlikely to exist. Existing law requires the director, in consultation with OEHHA, to make specific determinations with regard to the spill or discharge within 48 hours of the notification. Existing law requires the director, within 48 hours of notification or as soon as is feasible, in consultation with OEHHA, to assess and determine the potential danger from consuming fish contained in a recirculating seawater tank onboard a vessel. Existing law requires the director to seek full reimbursement from the responsible parties for the spill or discharge for all reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out these provisions. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB839 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 839 Laird Senate Third Reading By Connolly — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB839 Laird Concurrence — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 964.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1280.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3446.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3059.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a0d94fd-56b8-486b-b724-c71b28f0c3f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).