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SB 542·CA·senate

Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

EnactedFiled Feb 20, 2025
Sponsor: Monique Limón (D)
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, Statutes of 2026.

Sep 14, 2026

Legislative status

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee
  3. Reported by Committee
  4. Floor Vote Scheduled
  5. Passed One Chamber
  6. Passed Both Chambers
  7. Sent to Executive
  8. Enacted

Summary

The bill updates the state’s oil‑spill response law, requiring owners of oil‑handling facilities to obtain a financial‑responsibility certificate and to undergo public comment on worst‑case spill calculations. It also bars any oil pipeline 6 inches or larger that has been idle for five years or more from being restarted until it passes a stringent hydrostatic test. These measures aim to improve spill prevention, response readiness, and transparency.

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Vote

78 yes

0 no

Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6382.) Ordered to the Senate. · Aug 24, 2026

Hearings

History

  1. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
  2. Read third time and amended.
  3. Ordered to third reading.
  4. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  6. (Corrected September 4).
  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).
  9. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
  12. Coauthors revised.

The 12 most recent of 28 recorded actions.

Sponsors

  • Monique Limón (D) · sponsor
  • Limón

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