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 746 (Eggman) Energy conservation contracts: green hydrogen: Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority

Status: Enacted
Capitol Building in Sacramento

Under existing law, a public agency may enter into specified energy conservation contracts, including into contracts for the sale of electricity, electrical generating capacity, or thermal energy produced by the energy conservation facility at such rates and on such terms as are approved by its governing body. Existing law also: This bill would authorize the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin … Read more

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AB 552 (Bennett) Regional Farmer Equipment and Cooperative Resources Assistance Program

Status: Vetoed by Governor
Farmers in Rockingham County, Virginia check the results of no-till farming in their fields on September 9, 2008, as part of their participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI).

Under existing law, the Department of Conservation administers various programs relating to agriculture including the California Farmland Conservancy Program. Existing law authorizes the program to offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land management, including, among other projects and activities, the acquisition of agricultural … Read more

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AB 673 (Bennett) Hydrogen-fueling stations

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill
Capitol Building in Sacramento

Existing law establishes the Clean Transportation Program, administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to provide financial assistance to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state’s climate change policies. Existing law specifies projects that are eligible for financial assistance, including alternative and renewable fuel projects … Read more

Sponsored by The Climate Center

SB 12 (Stern) Accelerated greenhouse gas emission targets

Status: Held in Committee
It's Time to Cut Carbon

SB 12, introduced by Senator Henry Stern and sponsored by The Climate Center, requires California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, accelerating the state’s current statutory goal of 40 percent reductions by 2030. California’s current goal to reduce emissions by 40 percent by 2030 puts us … Read more

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SB 233 (Skinner)

Status: Enacted
Year: 2023

Updated May 9, 2024. SB 233, the bill originally introduced to advance bidirectional electric vehicle charging in California, has been amended by the author to address an unrelated topic. The Climate Center continues to work with Senator Nancy Skinner, the bill author, as well as other bill co-sponsors, on a path forward to achieve our … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

AB 1167 (Carrillo) Orphan well bonding requirements

Status: Enacted

Existing law requires a person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, to submit to the state oil and gas regulator (CalGEM) or a district deputy certain materials, including either an individual indemnity bond or a blanket indemnity bond in certain … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

SB 499 (Menjivar) School Extreme Heat Action Plan Act

Status: Held in Committee

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act (Act), provides for the licensure and regulation of child daycare facilities, daycare centers, and family daycare homes by the State Department of Social Services. The Act exempts from its provisions certain types of these facilities and certain programs, including, among others, a California state preschool program … Read more

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SB 275 (Grove) Senate confirmation on CalGEM supervisor

Status: Vetoed by Governor

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, as provided. This bill would make the appointment of the supervisor subject to confirmation by … Read more

Supported by The Climate Center

AB 1000 (Reyes) Warehouse permitting near sensitive receptors

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, sets forth various requirements relating to the review of development project permit applications and the issuance of development permits for specified classes of development projects. This bill would: The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a … Read more

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AB 1521 (M. Fong) Prop 65 certificates of merit

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

A two-year bill (2023/2024) Existing law, The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop 65), an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 65 at the November 4, 1986, statewide general election, prohibits a person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical … Read more