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AB-1448 • 2026

Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.

Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.

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Sponsor
Hart
Last action
Official status
Senate - Second Reading
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.

AB 1448, as amended, Hart.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 1448, as amended, Hart.
  • Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.
  • (1) Existing law creates the California Coastal Sanctuary and provides that it includes all state waters subject to tidal influence, except as provided.
  • Existing law authorizes the State Lands Commission to enter into any lease for the extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tidelands and submerged lands in the California Coastal Sanctuary if the commission determines both that oil and gas deposits in the California Coastal Sanctuary are being drained by means of producing wells upon adjacent federal lands and that the lease is in the best interest of the state.

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Second Reading

Official Summary Text

Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.