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 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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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

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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

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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

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AB 631 (Hart) Oil and gas industry penalties

Status: Enacted
Year: 2023

Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division 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. Existing law requires an action for civil penalties or punitive damages authorized pursuant to … Read more

AB 1727 (V. Fong) Oil and gas: spacing of wells and community leases

Still a spot bill as of April 27. Under existing law, the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor supervises the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or … Read more

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AB 83 (Lee) Contributions and expenditures by foreign-influenced business entities

Status: Failed in Committee, Two-Year Bill

The Political Reform Act of 1974 (The Act) prohibits a foreign government or foreign principal from making any contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, a state or local ballot measure or an election for a state or local office. The Act prohibits a person or … Read more

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AB 1176 (Zbur) Local government – EV Charging

Status: Held in Committee
Electric Vehicles Charging at a Station

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified … Read more