Keep tabs on climate and energy legislation in California and urge your representatives to take action for a climate-safe future.

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AB-397. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Include GHGs from wildlands and forest fires in Scoping Plan

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill
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Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Act), designates the State Air Resources Board (ARB) as the agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The ARB is required to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective GHG emissions reductions to ensure … Read more

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AB 463 (Hart) Mitigating public safety impacts on public transit vehicle charging infrastructure

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill
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This bill requires the investor-owned utilities’ (IOUs) to add public transit operations to the list of priority customers during rotating outages, and the list of Critical Facilities and Critical Infrastructure during public safety power shutoffs (PSPS). Existing law requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to establish priorities among the types or categories of customers … Read more

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AB-287. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: competitive grant programs: funding objectives

Status: Failed in Committee
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Existing law, The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Act) designates the State Air Resources Board (ARB) as the agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Act authorizes the ARB to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating these sources. Existing law requires all moneys, except for … Read more

Opposed by The Climate Center

AB 538 (Holden) Multistate electricity transmission regionalization

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill
Year: 2023/2024
Transmission lines

Existing law provides for the establishment of an Independent System Operator (ISO). In California it is CAISO. CAISO is a nonprofit public benefit corporation required to ensure efficient use and reliable operation of the electrical transmission grid consistent with achieving planning and operating reserve criteria no less stringent than those established by the Western Electricity … Read more

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AB 405 (Connolly) Online registration of organic products

Status: Held in Committee
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Existing law, the California Organic Food and Farming Act, requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, county agricultural commissioners, and the Director of Public Health (Director) to enforce state and federal laws governing the production, labeling, and marketing of organic products and requires every person engaged in California in the processing or handling of specified … Read more

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AB 404 (Connolly) Small and mid-scale farmer reporting requirements

Status: Vetoed by Governor
Farmworker

Existing law establishes the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and charges it with various duties and obligations. This bill would require the CDFA to evaluate duplicative reporting requirements that affect small and mid-scale farmers and farming operations and would require the CDFA, on or before January 1, 2025, to submit a report to … Read more

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AB 591 (Gabriel) Electric vehicle service equipment: universal connectors and public accessibility.

Status: Held in Committee
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Existing law prohibits requiring a person to pay a subscription fee or obtain a membership in any club, association, or organization in order to use an electric vehicle (EV) charging station that requires payment of a fee and requires an EV charging station that requires payment of a fee to allow a person desiring to … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

AB 364 (Bryan) Urban shelter from extreme heat – bus shelters

Status: Active

Existing law authorizes the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to develop, in cooperation with local and regional transportation entities, the full potential of all resources and opportunities that are now, and may become, available to the State and to regional and local agencies for meeting California’s transportation needs. Existing law authorizes the department to do … Read more

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AB 610 (Holden) Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program: free youth transit passes.

Status: Active, Two-Year Bill
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Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of State concern and authorizes the Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to administer various programs and allocates moneys for various public transportation purposes. This bill, sponsored by MoveLA, would create the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program, administered by CalTrans, for … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

SB 337 (Min) Environmental protection: biodiversity and conservation report

Status: Enacted

By Executive Order No. N-82-20, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the Natural Resources Agency to combat the biodiversity and climate crises by, among other things, establishing the California Biodiversity Collaborative and conserving at least 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to prepare … Read more