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SJR 12: Oil and gas leases: bankruptcy.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Senate

Current Status:

Passed

(2024-08-21: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 174, Statutes of 2024.)

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First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

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This measure would urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to modify bankruptcy rules to provide, in the event of liquidation and termination of oil and gas leases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, that priority is given to plug and abandonment and restoration obligations, to protect the environment, over all secured creditor claims.

Discussed in Hearing

Assembly Floor2MIN
Aug 15, 2024

Assembly Floor

Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources3MIN
Jul 1, 2024

Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Senate Floor3MIN
Jun 6, 2024

Senate Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Water5MIN
Apr 15, 2024

Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Water

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