Bill Summaries
AB 1611 (Davies) – Oil spills: notification of hitting pipelines: civil penalties.
Summary
• AB 1611 would require a person to notify various state and federal entities that a vessel hit or likely hit a pipeline in waters of the state, within 24 hours of knowing that the vessel did so or likely did so. State and federal entities include:
o CA Department of Conservation
o Office of the State Fire Marshal
o Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response
o United States Coast Guard
o Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• This bill would subject that person to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000.
• This bill would subject a person to an additional civil penalty of up to $1,000 per gallon spilled in excess of 1,000 gallons of oil that was discharged from the pipelin e when that person fails to provide this notification.
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on March 21
AB 1657 (Nguyen) – Oil spills: reporting: waters of the United States
Summary
• Would require, without regard to intent or negligence, any party responsible for the discharge or threatened discharge of oil in waters of the United States that may reach or impact waters of the State to report the discharge immediately to Cal OES
• Current law only covers discharges of oil or threatened discharge of oil in State waters.
• Would make it a crime to fail to notify Cal OES
2 Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on March 21
AB 1658 (Nguyen) – Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response: best practices: local oil spill response plan.
Summary
• Would require Cal OES to create and post on its internet website best practices, which may include, but are not limited to, a model ordinanc e, for local jurisdictions that would like to adopt a local oil spill response plan.
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on March 21
AJR 24 (Nguyen) – Oil spills: unified command centers: location.
Summary
• Would request that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills and to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill
• Assembly Joint Resolutions (AJR) are statements with no legally binding force behind them
Support
TBD
3 Opposition
TBD
Status
Introduced January 14, 2022
AJR 25 (Nguyen) – Regulation of vessel anchorages
Summary
• Would request the United States Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase resources for the enforcement of regulating vessel anchorages to both regulate the backlog of cargo ships and prevent future oil spills related to anchor strikes
• Assembly Joint Resolutions (AJR) are statements with no legally binding force behind them
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Introduced January 14, 2022
AB 2177 (Irwin) – Designated State Surfing Reserves
Summary
• AB 2177 would require the State to e stablish criteria and an application process for purposes of designating an area of the coastline as a state surfing reserve
• Modeled after the California Scenic Highway program
• Bill expected to take amendments to req uire specific criteria be met prior to receiving a designation from the State
Support
TBD
4 Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on March 21
SB 953 (Min) – Oil and gas leases: state waters: State Lands Commission
Summary
• Would require the State Lands Commission to terminate all remaining oil and gas leases under its jurisdiction in tidelands and submerged lands within State waters by December 31, 2023
• Would authorize the State Lands Commission to negotiate voluntary relinquishment of a lease, before the termination, upon favorable terms for the protection of State interests
• Would affect 11 oil leases, all off the Orange and Ventura County coastlines
• Would not affect oil leases in Federal waters, or oil platforms off of Long Beach
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Currently in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
SB 1036 (Newman) – Orange County Conservation Corps: California Ocean Corps.
Summary
• SB 1036 will allocate $40 million over a four -year period to the California Conservation Corps to establish the California Ocean Corps t hrough grants available to local certified corps in coastal counties
• Areas most impacted by the oil spill off the coast of Orange County will be given priority for grant funding, given the urgent and increased need for restoration work
5 • The Ocean Corps will complete a wide range of projects including those that address the current and potential impacts of climate change on ocean, coastal, and bay resources, including sea level rise, storm surge, beach and bluff erosion, salt water intrusion, and flooding; restore and enhance coastal watersheds and habitats; provide public access to the coast; and address extreme weather events or other natural and manmade hazards that threaten coastal communities, infrastructure, and natural resources
Support
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce
Anaheim Workforce Development Board
Banning Ranch Conservancy
Blue Latitudes Foundation
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks
Orange County Conservation Corps (Sponsor)
Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Surfrider Foundation (Sponsor)
Wyland Worldwide
Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on March 22
SB 1079 (Portantino) – sound-activated enforcement devices
Summary
• This bill would authorize local jurisdictions to use sound-activated enforcement devices to capture vehicle noise levels that exceed the legal limits described above . These devices can be used to mail tickets to violators of loud vehicle noise statutes
• Modeled after legislation from Assembly Member Friedman related to automatic s peed enforcement camera technology
• Current bill text requires the following:
o Only warnings given for the first 30 days
o Signs warning motorists of the device’s existence
o Sound-activated enforcement dev ices shall be distri buted equally across the jurisdiction
• Bill sponsors expect to take amendments in Committee to refine the parameters under which local governments can participate
6 Support
Streets for All (Sponsor)
Opposition
TBD
Status
Will be heard in the Senate Transportation Committee on March 22
AB 2496 (Petrie-Norris) – Illegally Modified Exhaust
Summary
• Bill will be introduced as a spot bill (no substantive language) to give more time for non - coastal, non-OC entities to line up in support
• When substantive language gets amended into the bill, it is expected to do the following:
o Require the Department of Consumer Affairs to add physical inspections for violations of Vehicle Code 27150, 27151, and 27156 (modification to mufflers and exhausts) to the smog check process. Violations during inspections would result in a failure
o Require the Department of Consumer Affairs to add a decibel level test to gauge the noise thresholds of vehicles to the smog check process. Failure of the test would result in a smog check failure.
• Additional conversations are ongoing with the stakeholder group to expand the language and gather more supporters
Support (verbal)
City of Laguna Beach
City of Huntington Beach
City of Irvine
City of Newport Beach
City of Seal Beach
City of Dana Point
City of Oceanside
City of Del Mar
Streets for All
Opposition
TBD
7 Status
AB 2496 was recently amended and will likely be referred to the Assem bly Transp ortation Committee
AB 1653 (Patterson) – Property crimes: regional property crimes task force
Summary
• Adds theft of vehicle parts and accessories to the property crimes that the California Highway Patrol’s Regional Property Crimes Task Force should prioritize
• The Regional Property Crimes Task Force was created to assist local law enforcement in counties identified by the CHP as having elevated levels of property crime, including, but not limited to organized retail theft and vehicle burglary.
• The Task Force’s directives already consider vehicle theft, but this would put emphasis on vehicle parts and accessories
Support
California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
League of California Cities
Opposition
TBD
Status
Passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee and is currently in the Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 1659 (Patterson) – Automobile dismantlers: catalytic converters
Summary
• AB 1659 would change the definition of an “automobile dismantler” to include a p erson who keeps or maintains 2 or more used catalytic converters that are not attached to a motor vehicle on property owned by the person
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
8 Status
Currently in the Assembly Transportation Committee
AB 1984 (Choi) – Vehicles: possession of stolen catalytic converter.
Summary
• AB 1984 would prohibit the purchase, sale, receipt, or possession of a stolen catalytic converter.
• The bill would specify that a peace officer need not have actual knowledge that the catalytic converter is stolen to establish probable cause for arrest, and that in a prosecution of the section, circumstantial evidence may be used to prove the stolen nature of the catalytic converter.
Support
TBD
Opposition
TBD
Status
Currently in the Assembly Transportation Committee and the Assembly Public Safety Committee