SJR 12: Oil and gas leases: bankruptcy.
- Session Year: 2023-2024
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2024-08-21
Current Status:
Passed
(2024-08-21: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 174, Statutes of 2024.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
Version:
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
Aug 15, 2024
Assembly Floor
Jul 1, 2024
Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources
Jun 6, 2024
Senate Floor
Apr 15, 2024