Bill Text: CA SB1085 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Offshore energy production: wildlife impacts: report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. [SB1085 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1085-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1085
| Introduced by Senator Nguyen |
February 12, 2024 |
An act relating to fish and wildlife.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1085, as introduced, Nguyen.
Offshore energy production: wildlife impacts: report.
Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife resources.
This bill would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2029, regarding the environmental impact on marine mammals and wildlife from offshore energy production off the California coast.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2029, regarding the environmental impact on marine mammals and wildlife from offshore energy production in state and federal waters off the California coast including, but not limited to, energy production from oil and gas, wind, tidal energy, and wave energy.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2033.
