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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SB 488 (Alvarado-Gil) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: bioenergy projects: community choice aggregators

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law vests the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities (POUs) are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires electrical corporations, by December 1, 2023, to collectively procure, through financial commitments of 5 to 15 years, inclusive, their … Read more

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SB 493 (Min) Hydrogen infrastructure 

Status: Vetoed by Governor

Existing law requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state’s clean energy and pollution reduction objectives, including actions related to electric vehicles (EVs). Existing law requires the CEC, working with the State Air Resources Board (ARB) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), to prepare a statewide … Read more

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SB 501 (Newman) Credit-based accountability mechanism to enforce hydrogen refueling station reliability

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law, The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board (ARB) as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the ARB to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Pursuant to the act, the ARB has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard … Read more

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AB 527 (Calderon) School greening projects

Status: Held in Committee

Existing law, the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 has a purpose of, among other things, promoting the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities. The act requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better … Read more

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SB 527 (Min) Equitable Zonal Decarbonization Program

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law requires the California Energy Commission to establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, which includes establishing the direct install program to fund certain projects and remediation and safety measures to facilitate the installation of new technologies and a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies, as specified. This bill would state the intent of … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

SB 556 (Gonzalez) Oil and gas well health protection zones oversight and civil liability

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, who is required to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

SB 559 (Min) Offshore oil drilling leases

Status: Held in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission (Commission) in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law authorizes the commission to lease tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes for purposes of the extraction of oil and gas, as provided. Existing law prohibits a state agency or state officer from entering into any … Read more

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AB 1550 (Bennett) Green hydrogen definition

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop and adopt hydrogen fuel regulations to ensure that state funding for the production and use of hydrogen fuel contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, criteria air pollutant emissions, and toxic air contaminant emissions, including by requiring that, on a statewide basis, … Read more

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AB 970 (L. Rivas) Climate and Sustainability Insurance and Risk Reduction Program

Status: Vetoed by Governor

Existing law creates the Department of Insurance (Department), headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the commissioner’s powers and duties, including various duties to regulate the business of insurance in this state and to enforce the execution of those laws. Existing law requires the Commissioner to convene a working group to identify, assess, and recommend … Read more

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SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse gas emissions inventories

Status: Held 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 state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Act requires the ARB to prepare and approve a Scoping Plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in GHGs … Read more