California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 591 — Oil and gas production: hydraulic fracturing.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor supervises the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law requires the owner or operator of a well to keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well. Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, the owner or operator is required to file with the district deputy certain information, including the history of work performed. This bill would define "hydraulic fracturing" and require a person carrying out hydraulic fracturing on behalf of an owner or operator at a well to provide to the owner or operator a list of the chemical constituents used in the hydraulic fracturing fluid and the amount of water and hydraulic fracturing fluid recovered from the well. The bill would additionally require the history of the drilling of the well to include certain information regarding the amount and source of water used in the exploration or production from the well and the radiological components or tracers injected into the well. The bill would also require the history to include, if hydraulic fracturing was used at the well, a complete list of the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing and the amount and disposition of water and hydraulic fracturing fluid recovered from the well. The bill would require the owner or operator to submit to the supervisor information regarding the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, who would be required to add this information to existing Internet maps on the division's Internet Web site and to make this information available to the public. This bill would require the State Oil and Gas Supervisor on or before January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, to prepare and transmit to the Legislature a comprehensive report on hydraulic fracturing in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources in California.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. Withdrawn from committee.

  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  6. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  7. Withdrawn from committee.

  8. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. In committee: Held under submission.

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 27).

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

  14. Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q.

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 1734.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (May 27).

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Read second time and amended.

  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 25).

  24. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  26. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Dickinson · Cosponsor
  • Wieckowski · Primary
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wieckowski

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

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AB 591 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading

Passed 50 Yea · 23 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 492206
Republican 0101
Democratic 1000
Total 502307
% of votes cast 63%29%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Butler — Yea
Campos — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Logue — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Beall — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Williams — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Valadao — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Jeffries — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Norby — Nay
Silva — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Lara — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Garrick — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 10 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10501
Democratic 0001
Total 10502
% of votes cast 59%29%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Lara — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 591 do?
Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor supervises the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law requires the owner or operator of a well to keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well. Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, the owner or operator is required to file with the district deputy certain information, including the history of work performed. This bill would define "hydraulic fracturing" and require a person carrying out hydraulic fracturing on behalf of an owner or operator at a well to provide to the owner or operator a list of the chemical constituents used in the hydraulic fracturing fluid and the amount of water and hydraulic fracturing fluid recovered from the well. The bill would additionally require the history of the drilling of the well to include certain information regarding the amount and source of water used in the exploration or production from the well and the radiological components or tracers injected into the well. The bill would also require the history to include, if hydraulic fracturing was used at the well, a complete list of the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing and the amount and disposition of water and hydraulic fracturing fluid recovered from the well. The bill would require the owner or operator to submit to the supervisor information regarding the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, who would be required to add this information to existing Internet maps on the division's Internet Web site and to make this information available to the public. This bill would require the State Oil and Gas Supervisor on or before January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, to prepare and transmit to the Legislature a comprehensive report on hydraulic fracturing in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources in California.
Who sponsors AB 591?
AB 591 is sponsored by Dickinson, Wieckowski, and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 591?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 591?
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