CA SJR 12

enacted

Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: opposition.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SJR 12 pass?

Yes. CA SJR 12 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SJR 12 about?

This measure would request that the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hold public hearings in California on the proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, prepare an environmental impact statement to accompany the program, and provide the public the opportunity to comment on a draft programmatic environmental impact statement for potential offshore oil and gas leasing in California. The measure would strongly and unequivocally oppose any new offshore drilling and declare unequivocal support for the current federal prohibition on new oil or gas drilling in federal waters offshore of the Pacific coast.

Who sponsors CA SJR 12?

Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SJR 12, joined by 82 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-08-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-08-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2026.
2026-08-11
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
2026-08-04
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-03
Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1
2026-08-03
Coauthors revised.
2026-08-03
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 6038.) Ordered to the Senate.
2026-06-09
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 8).
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2026-04-23
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2026-04-23
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4030.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-03-24
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3660.) (March 24).
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2026-03-16
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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2026-03-11
Set for hearing March 24.
2026-01-21
Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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2026-01-13
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
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Votes

Be adopted. Ordered to third reading
2026-03-24 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Stern: yes
- Laird: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: no
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SJR12 Laird et al.
2026-04-23 · pass · 27-8
Member-level votes (40)
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Stern: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: no
- Grove: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Seyarto: no
- Niello: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Hurtado: other
- Reyes: other
- Wahab: other
Be adopted. To third reading.
2026-06-08 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (14)
- Bryan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Haney: yes
- Alanis: no
- Ellis: no
- Macedo: no
- Hoover: no
- Muratsuchi: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR12

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