Bill Text: CA ABX11 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1

Introduced

Bill Title: Oil refineries: maintenance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2022-12-06 - From printer. [ABX11 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ABX11-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 1st Ext.

Assembly Bill

No. 1

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

December 05, 2022

An act relating to oil refineries.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1, as introduced, Ting. Oil refineries: maintenance.

The California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 requires, among other things, every petroleum refinery employer to submit to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health a full schedule of planned turnarounds, meaning a planned, periodic shutdown of a refinery process unit or plant to perform maintenance, overhaul, and repair operations and to inspect, test, and replace process materials and equipment, as provided.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that only one oil refinery in the state is undergoing scheduled maintenance at a time.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

In order to ensure the stability of the supply of gasoline in the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that only one oil refinery in the state is undergoing scheduled maintenance at a time.