CaliforniaHydrogen Pipeline Safety Act.
What it does
(1) The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981 requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations relating to intrastate pipelines used for the transportation of hazardous liquid substances or highly volatile liquid substances. The act requires these regulations to comply with federal law, which defines hazardous liquid to include, among others, petroleum, petroleum products, and ethanol or other nonpetroleum fuel. Federal law also defines highly volatile liquid substances to mean a hazardous liquid that will form a vapor cloud when released, as provided.
More detail
The act governs various issues related to intrastate pipelines, including, among others, pipeline design and construction, pipeline testing, land use restrictions within pipeline easements, reporting and document retention requirements on pipeline operators, pipeline inspections, emergency protocols, and enforcement.
This bill would enact the Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act, a regulatory program, similar to the Elder California Pipeline Safety Act, governing pipelines dedicated to transporting hydrogen, to be administered by the State Fire Marshal, as specified. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations governing various issues related to the operation and safety of hydrogen pipelines, including those listed above.
The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act authorizes the State Fire Marshal to assess and collect an annual fee from each operator of a pipeline regulated by the act for the purposes of carrying out the act, as provided, and requires those annual fees to be deposited into the Pipeline Operations Account within the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund. The act requires specified civil penalties provided for by the act to be deposited into the Local Training Account in the fund. Moneys in the accounts are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Fire Marshal for specified purposes.
This bill would similarly authorize the State Fire Marshal to assess and collect an annual fee from each hydrogen pipeline operator for the purposes of carrying out the bill. The bill would require those annual fees to be deposited into the Pipeline Operations Account and specified civil penalties provided for by the bill into the Local Training Account. The bill would make the moneys in the accounts available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Fire Marshal for specified purposes relating to these pipeline regulatory programs. The bill would rename the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund the California Pipeline Safety Fund.
The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act requires that a person who willfully and knowingly violates the act or a regulation issued pursuant to the act be subject to a fine of not more than $25,000, imprisonment, or both, as provided. The act requires a person who willfully and knowingly defaces, damages, removes, or destroys any hazardous liquid pipeline sign or right-of-way marker required by law to be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment, or both, as provided.
This bill would require the same penalties described above to be imposed on a person who willfully and knowingly violates a provision of the bill or a regulation issued pursuant to the bill or defaces, damages, removes, or destroys any hydrogen pipeline sign or right-of-way marker required by law. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to submit to the Legislature a report with recommendations for the appropriate regulatory framework and division of jurisdictional responsibility applicable to certain pipelines carrying blends of hydrogen, as specified.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 981, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 28Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB804 Archuleta et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 27From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 6045.)Minor
- Vote recorded That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 26From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.M. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5823.) Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Minor
- Aug 26Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).Minor
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 804 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6500.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 17Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 17From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 17Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 13
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 1Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 30From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29).Major
- Jun 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 11Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E., E.M, and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.Minor
- Jun 8Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 8Read third time and amended.Major
- 2025
- Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jul 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 14
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 27Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Major
- Jun 26From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25).Major
- Jun 25
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 17From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.Major
- Jun 9Referred to Com. on U. & E.Minor
- Jun 3In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1370.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB804 Archuleta et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23).Minor
- May 20Set for hearing May 23.
- May 19May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 9Set for hearing May 19.
- May 6Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- May 5From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 935.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.Major
- Apr 11Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.Minor
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 12Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced