California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1420 — Oil and gas: pipelines.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2015.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for oil and gas production facilities, including pipelines that are not under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal. Under the division's regulations, an owner or operator of an active environmentally sensitive gas pipeline that is a gathering line or an urban pipeline over 4 inches in diameter is required to perform a mechanical integrity test on the pipeline every 2 years, unless it is less than 10 years old. This bill would require the division, by January 1, 2018, to review and evaluate, and update as appropriate, its existing regulations regarding all active gas pipelines that are 4 inches or less in diameter, in sensitive areas, and 10 years old or older, as specified. The bill would define active gas pipelines as inservice gas pipelines of any diameter within the division's jurisdiction. The bill would require operators of active gas pipelines in sensitive areas, by January 1, 2018, to submit to the division maps identifying the location of those pipelines and other locational information, as provided. The bill would require the division to perform random periodic spot check inspections to ensure that the submitted maps are accurately reported. The bill would require the division to maintain a list of active gas pipelines in sensitive areas. Existing law establishes local health departments, under the purview of the local health officer. Existing law prescribes various duties for those local health departments, including supervising remediation when hazardous waste is released and enforcing statutes relating to public health. This bill would require a local health officer or his or her designee, if he or she is notified of a leak in an active gas pipeline within a sensitive area and makes certain determinations, to take certain actions related to the leak, working collaboratively with the division and the owner or operator of that pipeline. The bill would require the local public health officer or his or her designee to direct the responsible party to notify residents affected by the leak if he or she determines that the leak poses a serious threat to public health and safety. Because the bill would require a local health officer or his or her designee to provide a higher level of service to the public, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would require an owner or operator of an active gas pipeline in a sensitive area, upon discovery of a leak from the pipeline, to notify the division and the appropriate local health officer or his or her designee of the leak. Because a violation of this requirement would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3070.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2635.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27).

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

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

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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

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

  19. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1564.)

  20. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M.

  24. (pending re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M.)

  25. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1089.)

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

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

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

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

  30. Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.S. & T.M.

  31. Read first time.

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.

  33. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Salas · Primary
  • Vidak · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Salas

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Vidak

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1420 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Brown — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1420 Salas By Jackson

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Leno — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Beall — Yea
Roth — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

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
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea

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Placed on 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
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 1420 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65005
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chang — Yea
Linder — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Low — Yea
Gray — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety environment energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1420 do?
Existing law requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for oil and gas production facilities, including pipelines that are not under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal. Under the division's regulations, an owner or operator of an active environmentally sensitive gas pipeline that is a gathering line or an urban pipeline over 4 inches in diameter is required to perform a mechanical integrity test on the pipeline every 2 years, unless it is less than 10 years old. This bill would require the division, by January 1, 2018, to review and evaluate, and update as appropriate, its existing regulations regarding all active gas pipelines that are 4 inches or less in diameter, in sensitive areas, and 10 years old or older, as specified. The bill would define active gas pipelines as inservice gas pipelines of any diameter within the division's jurisdiction. The bill would require operators of active gas pipelines in sensitive areas, by January 1, 2018, to submit to the division maps identifying the location of those pipelines and other locational information, as provided. The bill would require the division to perform random periodic spot check inspections to ensure that the submitted maps are accurately reported. The bill would require the division to maintain a list of active gas pipelines in sensitive areas. Existing law establishes local health departments, under the purview of the local health officer. Existing law prescribes various duties for those local health departments, including supervising remediation when hazardous waste is released and enforcing statutes relating to public health. This bill would require a local health officer or his or her designee, if he or she is notified of a leak in an active gas pipeline within a sensitive area and makes certain determinations, to take certain actions related to the leak, working collaboratively with the division and the owner or operator of that pipeline. The bill would require the local public health officer or his or her designee to direct the responsible party to notify residents affected by the leak if he or she determines that the leak poses a serious threat to public health and safety. Because the bill would require a local health officer or his or her designee to provide a higher level of service to the public, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would require an owner or operator of an active gas pipeline in a sensitive area, upon discovery of a leak from the pipeline, to notify the division and the appropriate local health officer or his or her designee of the leak. Because a violation of this requirement would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 1420?
AB 1420 is sponsored by Salas and Vidak.
What is the current status of AB 1420?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
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