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California 20252026

SB 804

Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
HydrogenPipelineSafetyAct
Introduced / first action
2025-02-21 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Hydrogen pipeline safety.
  • Abatement of natural gas leaks.

Source-supplied abstracts

(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. 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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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)

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  4. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.M. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  5. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

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  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6500.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  11. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  12. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 29).

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  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  16. Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E., E.M, and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  17. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. Read third time and amended.

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  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  21. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. From 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.

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  23. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25).

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  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  26. Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  27. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  28. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1370.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  29. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  30. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1214.) (May 23).

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  31. Set for hearing May 23.

  32. May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  33. Set for hearing May 19.

  34. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  35. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 935.) (April 29).

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  36. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  37. Set for hearing April 29.

  38. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  39. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  40. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  41. Read first time.

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  42. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  43. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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