Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
Air Quality
SB 11* (Pavley-D) Alternative fuel and vehicle technologies
Extends from 2016 until 2024, various temporary, vehicle-related fees to fund vehicle-related air quality, greenhouse gas and related programs administered by the California Energy Commission, the Air Resources Board, and the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
A similar bill is AB 8 (Perea, Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013).
SB 34* (Calderon-D) Greenhouse gas: carbon capture and storage
Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt a quantification methodology for carbon capture and storage projects for geologic sequestration. Requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources within the Department of Conservation to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide at an enhanced oil recovery project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 64 (Corbett-D) Clean Technology Innovation Account
Creates the Clean Technology Innovation Account within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Requires the Legislature to annually appropriate monies from the Fund or other funds to the Account in the Budget Act.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill is AB 1375 (Chau-D), which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 389 (Wright-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District: offsets
Prohibits the South Coast Air Quality Management District from charging a fee for the transfer of an emissions offset from the District's internal emissions offset account in order to offset any emissions increase from the replacement of electric utility steam boilers at electric generating facilities pursuant to the District's Rule 1304.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 497 (Walters-R) Greenhouse gas allowances
Requires the Air Resources Board to freely allocate greenhouse gas allowances to the California State University, the University of California, and private colleges and universities, for any market-based compliance mechanism adopted by the Board.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 605 (Lara-D) Short-lived climate pollutants
Requires the Air Resources Board to complete a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants.
Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014
SB 691 (Hancock-D) Nonvehicular air pollution control: penalties
Authorizes a civil penalty of up to $100,000 (currently $10,000) against a person who emits a discharge from a Title V source if the discharge results in a severe disruption to the community, the discharge contains one or more toxic air contaminants, and 100 or more people are exposed. States that the higher penalty will not apply to air contaminant releases that are only nuisance odors.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 736 (Wright-D) Electrical generation facility: upgrades: permit fees
Prohibits a district from assessing a permit modification fee on the operator or owner of an electrical generation facility that participates in a specified emission offset transfer, when a modification of the electrical generation facility results in increased thermal efficiency for the electrical generating units and does not increase the gross generating capacity.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1125 (Pavley-D) Emissions reduction
Requires the Air Resources Board to develop reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with high global warming potential for 2030.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1204 (Lara-D) Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program
Creates a California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program to fund development, demonstration, pre-commercial pilot, and early commercial deployment of zero- and near-zero-emission truck, bus, and off-road vehicle and equipment technologies; and provides that the Technology Program shall be funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and shall prioritize projects located in disadvantaged communities.
Chapter 524, Statutes of 2014
SB 1268 (Beall-D) Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program
Establishes the Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program under the Air Resources Board to assist in the development and implementation of regionally integrated natural resource projects that maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions or sequestration.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1415 (Hill-D) Bay Area Air Quality Management District: advisory council
Makes various changes to the Bay Area Air Quality Management Advisory Council membership.
Chapter 696, Statutes of 2014
SJR 30 (Lieu-D) Air quality: leaded aviation fuel
Supports the Federal Aviation Administration's initiative to certify safe unleaded aviation fuel for piston engine aircraft and encourages the Federal Aviation Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize the development and certification of unleaded aviation fuel in advance of 2018.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SR 59 (Lieu-D) Aviation gasoline
Expresses the Senate's support for the Federal Aviation Administration's initiative to certify safe unleaded aviation fuel for piston engine aircraft and encourages the Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize the development and certification of unleaded aviation fuel in advance of 2018.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 69* (Perea-D) Market-based compliance mechanisms: exemption
Exempts categories of persons or entities that did not have a compliance obligation, as defined, under a market-based compliance mechanism beginning 1/1/13, from being subject to that market-based compliance mechanism beginning 1/1/15, and until 12/31/17, and requires all participating categories of persons or entities to have a compliance obligation beginning 1/1/18.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 153 (Bonilla-D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: offsets
Requires the Air Resources Board, on or before 1/1/15, to adopt a process for the review and consideration of new offset protocols for compliance with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 278 (Gatto-D) Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Directs the Air Resources Board to consider the impact on food supply of its low-carbon fuel regulations and to adopt policies that favor fuels with the highest possible sustainability.
Vetoed
AB 284 (Quirk-D) Road to 2050 Board: global warming impacts
Requires the Air Resources Board to convene a Road to 2050 Board consisting of various state agencies and commissions required to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature every two years, beginning in 2016, on the impacts of global warming on public health and natural resources.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 416 (Gordon-D) Local Emission Reduction Program
Requires the Air Resources Board to establish the Local Emission Reduction Program to provide grants and other financial assistance to eligible local government recipients for the purpose of developing and implementing local greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 453 (Mullin-D) Sustainable communities: greenhouse gas emissions
Makes local agency formation commissions eligible for financial assistance from Proposition 84 for planning purposes and requires the commissions to consider greenhouse gas emissions associated with development when reviewing proposals for a change of organization.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 572 (Atkins-D) Market-based compliance mechanisms: energy efficiency
Requires, for purposes of determining the viability of incentivizing greenhouse gas emissions reductions through increased energy efficiency, the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Air Resources Board and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to develop one or more protocols, as specified, to enable third-party intermediaries to document, aggregate, and trade or sell on behalf of specified entities, the greenhouse gas emissions reductions value of energy efficient measures that are more stringent than applicable building code standards.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 574 (Lowenthal-D) Sustainable Communities Infrastructure Program
Creates the Sustainable Communities Infrastructure Program to fund sustainable communities strategies and equivalent greenhouse gas reducing strategies using cap-and-trade auction revenues.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 671 (Logue-R) Air Resources Board: regulations: data sets
Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to make available to the public "data sets" upon which ARB relies in its research and adoption of a regulation. Requires ARB to adopt and enforce regulations to reduce air pollution and to meet state and federal ambient air quality standards.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 818 (Blumenfield-D) Air pollution control: penalties
Requires any city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, any city attorney of a city and county, or a city prosecutor in any city with a full-time city prosecutor, with the consent of the district attorney, to recover specified civil penalties in a civil action for specified air pollution violations.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1023 (Eggman-D) Air resources: greenhouse gas emissions
Establishes the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Through Recycling, Composting, and Recycled Content Manufacturing Program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1056 (Jones-R) Air Resources Board: market-based compliance mechanism
Requires the Air Resources Board, if the Board adopts a market-based compliance mechanism that provides for the auctioning of greenhouse gas allowances, to provide quarterly reports to certain committees of the Legislature regarding the auction.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1102 (Allen-R) Beach fire rings
Specifies that the removal or restriction of the use of a beach fire ring is subject to the California Coastal Act and that an application for a coastal development permit regarding the removal or use restriction of a beach fire ring must include an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures that will avoid or minimize the need to remove or restrict the use of those rings.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1191 (Patterson-R) Energy: assessments and forecasts
Requires the California Energy Commission to conduct the transportation forecasting and assessment activities of the Integrated Energy Policy Report on an annual basis from 2014 to 2020. Requires the Commission to include an evaluation of the availability, cost and source of credits issued under the Air Resources Board's Low Carbon Fuel Standard in the assessment.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1330 (John A. Pérez-D) Environmental justice
Requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to ensure that the cross-media enforcement unit used to assist a board, department, office, or other agency that implements a law or regulation within the jurisdiction of the California Environmental Protection Agency, gives priority to enforcement actions for a violation occurring in disadvantaged communities.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1375 (Chau-D) Clean Technology Investment Account
Creates the Clean Technology Investment Account within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and requires the Legislature to annually appropriate monies from the Account. Makes those monies available to the Air Resources Board for the purposes of accelerating the development, demonstration, and deployment of clean technologies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foster job creation in the state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1447 (Waldron-R) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: traffic synchronization
Allows investments in a traffic signal synchronization to be eligible for an allocation of monies from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund as a component of an eligible sustainable infrastructure project, as specified.
Chapter 594, Statutes of 2014
AB 1499 (Skinner-D) Electricity: self-generation incentive program
Extends the funding and administration of the Self-Generation Incentive Program for three years.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1639 (Grove-R) Greenhouse gas emissions limit: high-speed rail
Prohibits appropriation of monies from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for purposes of the high-speed rail system.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1763 (Perea-D) State energy plan for 2030 and 2050
Directs the California Energy Commission, in consultation with the California Independent System Operator, other relevant state and local agencies, and interested stakeholders to develop a "state energy plan" for 2030 and 2050 as part of its 2015 integrated energy policy report.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)
AB 1813 (Quirk-D) Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Establishes the Fuel Producer Capital Assistance Program to distribute monies, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to liquid-transportation-fuel producers who wish to locate within the state a large-scale production facility that produces more than three million gallons per year, as specified; establishes the Fuel Producers Capital Assistance Fund; and appropriates $100 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to implement the program.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1970 (Gordon-D) Community Investment and Innovation Program
Establishes the Community Investment and Innovation Program to provide grants and other financial assistance to eligible local government recipients for the purpose of developing and implementing local greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1992 (Quirk-D) Very low carbon transportation fuels
Permits the Air Resources Board to establish a very low-carbon fuel market program, in which transportation fuel providers may be required to include in their sales a specified percentage of very low-carbon fuels, defined as having no greater than 50% the carbon intensity of the closest comparable petroleum fuel.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 2027 (Logue-R) Greenhouse gas: reporting and verification: violations
Requires the Air Resources Board to utilize the greenhouse gas emissions data submitted in reports as part of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation in lieu of requiring the submission of the same greenhouse gas emissions data pursuant to the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions regulation.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2042 (Levine-D) Clean Vehicle Rebate Project
Authorizes the Air Resources Board to establish a wait list of eligible project applicants, on a first-come-first-served basis, if there are insufficient funds appropriated by the Legislature for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program to provide rebates to all eligible applicants within that fiscal year.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 2050 (Quirk-D) Air Resources Board: scoping plan
Requires the Air Resources Board, by 1/1/16, to develop a proposal for 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goals including intermediate goals, for the purpose of advising the next scoping plan update.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2083 (Beth Gaines-R) Air Resources Board: offsets
Requires the Air Resources Board to permit the use of compliance offsets regardless of the geographic location of the offset.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2202 (Logue-R) Greenhouse gas reduction
Exempts "small independent fuel marketers" from the Air Resources Board mandatory reporting and cap-and-trade regulations.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2242 (Perea-D) Air Quality Improvement Program
Requires the Air Resources Board's Air Quality Improvement Program, which funds air quality improvement projects relating to fuel and vehicle technologies, to be focused where the greatest air quality impacts can be identified.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2281 (Hagman-R) Air resources/public utilities: legislative oversight
Requires the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly to jointly appoint two Members of the Legislature as non-voting members of the Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2390 (Muratsuchi-D) Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Green Credit Reserve
Establishes a Green Credit Reserve to purchase credits generated pursuant to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation and the federal Renewable Fuel Standard from developers of renewable fuel production facilities in California for the purpose of supporting the financing and construction of these facilities.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
AB 2593 (Bradford-D) Greenhouse gases: diversity reporting
Requires businesses with gross annual revenues exceeding $25 million that participate in programs administered by the Air Resources Board that receive funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to report to the Board on efforts to increase procurement from women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
Vetoed
AB 2704 (Allen-R) Air Resources Board: regulations
Requires the Air Resources Board to assess periodically the progress achieved in the development and affordability of new technology that will allow a person to comply with specified regulations that anticipate the development of new technologies or the improvement of existing technologies.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
California Environmental Quality Act
SB 525 (Galgiani-D) Altamont Commuter Expressway: exemptions
Provides that a project by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission and the High-Speed Rail Authority to improve the existing tracks, structure, bridges, signaling systems, and associated appurtenances located on the existing railroad right-of-way used by the Altamont Commuter Expressway service qualifies for the California Environmental Quality Act exemption.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 617 (Evans-D) California Environmental Quality Act: assessments
Requires assessments under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to consider the exposure of people to natural hazards or adverse environmental conditions; makes various changes to CEQA reporting requirements; requires the Office of Planning and Research to make CEQA notices publically available on an online database; and repeals obsolete exemptions.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 674 (Corbett-D) Residential infill projects: exemption
Revises the residential infill exemption by increasing the amount of allowable neighborhood-serving goods, services, or retail uses from 15% of the total project floor area to 25% of the total building square footage.
Chapter 549, Statutes of 2014
SB 731 (Steinberg-D) California Environmental Quality Act
Enacts the "California Environmental Quality Act Modernization Act of 2013," making various clarifications and revisions to the Act, including updating the standard for analyzing transportation impacts of projects near existing or planned transit stops.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 754 (Evans-D) California Environmental Quality Act: documents
Requires California Environmental Quality Act documents to be prepared either by the lead agency, or consultants under the direct contract and supervision of the lead agency; removes the cap on the costs of mitigation measures related to archaeological resources; prohibits the tiering-off of an environmental impact report more than seven years old; and creates a new private right of action.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 787 (Berryhill-R) Sustainable Environmental Protection Act
Creates the Sustainable Environmental Protection Act. Requires an environmental document prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act to disclose all applicable environmental laws.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 834 (Huff-R) Sustainable Environmental Protection Act
Enacts the Sustainable Environmental Protection Act and specifies that the environmental review of projects pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act is required to consider only specified environmental topic areas.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1398 (Cannella-R) Flood control activities: Salinas River
Defines "maintenance activities" to mean activities specified in a plan for flood control purposes along the Salinas River in the County of Monterey if specified conditions are met. Establishes that for any action or proceeding brought under the California Environmental Quality Act to challenge the decision of a public agency regarding "maintenance activities," the court, in granting relief in the action or proceeding, is prohibited from staying or enjoining the maintenance activities unless the court makes specified findings.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 1451 (Hill-D) Environmental quality: judicial review: standing
Expands California Environmental Quality Act's exhaustion requirements by precluding an individual from challenging a public agency's compliance with the Act if the alleged grounds of noncompliance were known or could have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence during the public comment period, but the alleged grounds of noncompliance were presented to the public agency at a time other than during the public comment period.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 52 (Gatto-D) Tribal cultural resources: environmental effect
Establishes procedures and requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act for the purpose of avoiding or minimizing impacts to tribal cultural resources.
Chapter 532, Statutes of 2014
AB 515 (Dickinson-D) California Environmental Quality Act: writ of mandate
Clarifies the procedures that apply when a court orders a public agency to take corrective action to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act by way of a peremptory writ of mandate.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 543 (Campos-D) California Environmental Quality Act: translation
Requires the Office of Planning and Research, on or before 7/1/16, to prepare and develop recommended amendments to the guidelines for implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act relative to translation of specified notices. Requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, on or before 1/1/17, to certify and adopt those amendments to the guidelines to establish criteria for a lead agency to assess the need for translating notices into non-English languages, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 794 (Gorell-R) Use of landfill and organic waste: exemption
Exempts from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, a project that takes landfill materials or organic waste and converts them into renewable green energy if the lead agency finds that the project will result in a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or support sustainable agriculture.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 823 (Eggman-D) Environment: California Farmland Protection Act
Enacts the California Farmland Protection Act, which will require a lead agency reviewing a development project, as defined, to require that all feasible mitigation of the identified significant environmental impacts associated with the conversion of agricultural lands be completed by the project applicant, as prescribed. Requires the lead agency to consider the permanent protection or replacement of agricultural land as feasible mitigation for identified significant effects on agricultural land caused by a development project.
(Died in Assembly Agriculture Committee)
AB 930 (Hall-D) Enterprise zones: energy management plans
Amends the Enterprise Zone Act to authorize a city, county, or city and county to develop energy management plans with an electrical corporation, gas corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative, serving an enterprise zone other than an enterprise zone within a harbor or port district formed pursuant to specified law, in order to reduce air emissions, to promote economic development, increase new business, and retain existing businesses in that enterprise zone.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 953 (Ammiano-D) Environmental impact reports
Requires a lead agency preparing an environmental impact report pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, to analyze significant environmental effects resulting from locating a proposed project near, or attracting people to, areas with substantial existing or reasonably foreseeable natural hazards or adverse environmental conditions.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1098 (Gray-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, executed on 8/31/12; and provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions are not projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1104 (Salas-D) Biogas pipelines: exemption
Reinstates, until 1/1/18, a California Environmental Quality Act exemption for a biogas pipeline located in Fresno, Kern, Kings, or Tulare counties.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2014
AB 1849 (Logue-R) Levees: exemption
Exempts from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, the maintenance, repair, or replacement of an existing levee.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2353 (Waldron-R) Environmental quality: water storage facilities
Creates a California Environmental Quality Act exemption for a project that expands the storage capacity of an existing publicly owned and operated surface water storage facility by up to 25%, or to replace an existing publicly owned and operated surface water storage facility, if specified conditions are met.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2417 (Nazarian-D) Exemption: recycled water pipelines
Exempts, until 1/1/18, from review under the California Environmental Quality Act, a project of less than eight miles in length within a public street, highway, or right-of-way for the construction and installation of a new, recycled water pipeline, or maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, removal, or demolition of an existing recycled water pipeline.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials
SB 270 (Padilla-D) Single-use carryout bags
Prohibits stores, as defined, from distributing lightweight, single-use plastic bags after specified dates; establishes requirements for reusable bags; and prohibits stores from distributing reusable bags and recycled paper bags for less than $0.10 per bag.
Chapter 850, Statutes of 2014
SB 395 (Jackson-D) Class II wells
Authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate fluids injected into Class II wells, and prohibits the injection of state defined hazardous waste into Class II wells.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 405 (Padilla-D) Single-use carryout bags
Prohibits grocery stores and large retailers from providing single-use bags to customers beginning 1/1/15. Expands the ban on single-use bags to convenience food stores, foodmarts, and certain other specified stores on 7/1/16.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 445* (Hill-D) Underground storage tanks
Extends the current State Water Resources Control Board program for the clean-up of Underground Storage Tanks from 2016 to 2026.
Chapter 547, Statutes of 2014
SB 498 (Lara-D) Biomass conversion
Adds the production of fuels and the use of non-combustion thermal conversion technologies to the definition of "biomass conversion" for purposes of the Integrated Waste Management Act.
Chapter 746, Statutes of 2014
SB 529 (Leno-D) Recycling: fast food facilities
Requires fast food facilities to only distribute food in recyclable or compostable packaging beginning on 7/1/14.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 712 (Lara-D) Hazardous waste facility: permitting: interim status
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, on or before 12/31/15, to issue a final permit decision on an application for a hazardous waste facilities permit that is submitted by a facility operating under a grant of interim status on or before 1/1/86, by either issuing a final permit or a final denial of the application.
Chapter 833, Statutes of 2014
SB 727 (Jackson-D) Medical waste
Creates the Drug Abuse Prevention and Safe Disposal Program stewardship program. Requires a producer of a pharmaceutical sold in this state, individually or through a stewardship organization, to submit a plan to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery by 1/1/15.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 812 (De León-D) Department of Toxic Substances Control
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations by 1/1/17, to specify conditions for new permits and the renewal of existing permits, as specified, and establishes deadlines for the submission and processing of facility applications, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1014 (Jackson-D) Pharmaceutical waste: home generated: collection
Requires, upon the enactment of federal regulations, the Board of Pharmacy, in consultation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and the Department of Public Health, to adopt regulations to implement California drug take-back programs for the collection and destruction of home-generated pharmaceutical waste, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1019 (Leno-D) Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals
Requires upholstered furniture to include a label indicating whether the product has added flame retardant chemicals; and directs the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation to ensure compliance with labeling and documentation and to assess fines for violations.
Chapter 862, Statutes of 2014
SB 1020 (Monning-D) Recycling: photovoltaic panels
Requires a photovoltaic panel that is classified as hazardous waste solely because it exhibits the characteristic of toxicity to be considered a universal waste.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1117 (Monning-D) Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act
Updates and clarifies the methodology used to determine how pesticides are included on the Groundwater Protection List by deleting prescribed scientific methods and instead requiring the Department of Pesticide Regulation, in consultation with a specified subcommittee, to develop peer-reviewed methods.
Chapter 626, Statutes of 2014
SB 1194 (Hueso-D) Plastic products
Requires a manufacturer of plastic products to include specified information in a report that is posted on an Internet Web site available to the public or as part of an annual shareholders' report that is required by Corporations Code Section 1501.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1249 (Hill-D) Shredder waste
Authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations establishing management standards for hazardous waste management activities at metal shredding facilities until 1/1/18.
Chapter 756, Statutes of 2014
SB 1261 (Jackson-D) Certified unified program agencies: business plans
Revises and recasts the area and business plan requirements for certified unified program agencies.
Chapter 715, Statutes of 2014
SB 1274 (Hancock-D) Recycling: used mattresses
Provides technical and clarifying revisions to the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2014
SB 1332 (Wolk-D) Pesticides: carbon monoxide pest control devices
Requires the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation to adopt and enforce regulations that provide for the proper, safe and efficient use of carbon monoxide pest control devices for the protection of public health and safety and the environment.
Chapter 257, Statutes of 2014
SB 1383 (Hueso-D) Plastic products: labeling
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Resources and Recycling and Recovery to adopt a standard for plastic products that degrade in soil and allows for the sale of products labeled "biodegradable."
Vetoed
SB 1458 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Hazardous substances
Makes technical and non-substantive corrections to the Department of Toxic Substances Control and State Water Resources Control Board program authority for hazardous waste regulation and underground storage tank programs.
Chapter 544, Statutes of 2014
AB 158 (Levine-D) Single-use carryout bags
Prohibits retail stores from providing single-use bags to customers, and requires retail stores to provide only reusable grocery bags.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 282 (Wieckowski-D) Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges
Extends the sunset date of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Program from 2016 until 2018, and extends the sunset of a $0.006 surcharge on petroleum stored in an Underground Storage Tank from 2014 until 2016.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 323 (Chesbro-D) Recycling: diversion: green materials
Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to phase-out recycling credits for green waste used in the operation of a landfill.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 333 (Wieckowski-D) Medical Waste Management Act
Makes numerous changes to the Medical Waste Management Act including, among other things, codifying existing federal preemptions and requirements, modifying definitions, creating procedures for the generation of medical waste from a temporary event, modifying contracts with medical waste transporters for the collection of fees, and preempting local programs regarding infectious waste.
Chapter 564, Statutes of 2014
AB 358 (Holden-D) Lead hazard evaluation
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to update the regulations on lead hazard evaluation methods in order to incorporate the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing, as published in 2012 by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the recommendations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency for paint test kits for renovation projects, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 380 (Dickinson-D) Spill response for railroads
Requires rail carriers to submit specified information regarding the transport of hazardous materials and Bakken oil to the Office of Emergency Services for the purposes of emergency response planning.
Chapter 533, Statutes of 2014
AB 403 (Stone-D) Home-generated sharps
Requires businesses that sell devices intended for the self-injection of medication (medical sharps) to establish a product stewardship plan for home-generated medical waste.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 452 (Brown-D) Radioactive materials: federal regulation
Provides that, with certain exceptions, the regulations adopted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in effect on 1/1/14, are deemed to be the regulations of California and adopted pursuant to the Radiation Control Law, if the regulations, among other things, are required by federal law or regulation to be adopted by an agreement state in an essentially identical manner.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 467* (Stone-D) Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program
Establishes a licensure category for a "surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary," as defined, established for the purpose of facilitating the donation of medications to, or transfer of medications between, participating entities under a county's unused medication repository and distribution program.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2014
AB 488 (Williams-D) Recycling: household batteries
Establishes a product stewardship program for household batteries and requires each producer or organization to submit a product stewardship plan with specified requirements and recycling rates to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery by 1/1/15.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 521 (Stone-D) Recycling: marine plastic pollution
Establishes a product stewardship program for plastic products that pose a significant risk to the marine environment.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 597 (Dahle-R) Chemicals of concern: regulatory response
Prohibits the Department of Toxic Substances Control from taking a regulatory response until an unspecified number of days after the date that the Department submits a notice to the consumer product manufacturer, the consumer product distributor, and the consumer product retailer of the proposed action.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 665 (Alejo-D) Beverage containers: redemption payments
Extends the date by which a distributor is required to pay the redemption payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to 60 days following the sale of a beverage container.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 764 (Linder-R) Human remains
Establishes a pilot program that authorizes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to offer a limited crematory license to no more than five alkaline hydrolysis facilities, as specified, and repeals that authority on 1/1/20.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 997 (Chesbro-D) Enforcement agencies
Specifies that a local enforcement agency that has been designated by the local governing body and certified by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has the authority provided, and duties required, under specified provisions of the Integrated Waste Management Act.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1001* (Gordon-D) Packaging: exemptions: metals
Extends the current exemption, from 1/1/10 to 1/1/17, for a package or packaging component that contains no intentionally introduced regulated metals, but exceeds the applicable maximum concentration level, as specified. Requires, no later than 7/1/14, a manufacturer or supplier of packaging seeking an exemption under this provision, to coordinate with the Department of Toxic Substances Control to develop a specified study or studies measuring the content and leaching of regulated metals from the packaging seeking the exemption, and requires the manufacturer or supplier, no later than 7/1/15, to provide to the Department a specified report documenting the results of the study or studies.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 1022 (Eggman-D) Electronic waste: cathode ray tube glass
Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to make up to $10 million in market development payments for the processing of cathode ray tube glass or manufacturing of a new product with recycled cathode ray tube glass until 1/1/20.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1026 (Quirk-D) Toxic chemicals: listing
Specifies that the substances included in the list of chemicals that are identified as hazardous for purposes of the occupational safety and health laws may only be included if there is sufficient evidence that the referenced substance is known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1095 (Nestande-R) Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials
Requires a junk dealer or recycler to provide payment by check only, mailed or provided to the seller of the materials no earlier than 30 days after the date of sale, and prohibits the junk dealer or recycler from recycling, selling, or disposing of the materials during that time period.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 1179 (Bocanegra-D) Recycling: waste tires: public works projects
Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, when awarding grants pursuant to the tire recycling program, to award grants for public works projects to create parklets, greenways, or both, that use tire-derived products and requires the Department, if it awards those grants, to give priority for funding to those projects in disadvantaged communities, as defined.
Chapter 589, Statutes of 2014
AB 1190 (Bloom-D) Transportation: wastewater
Exempts up to 5,000 gallons of wastewater transported by public utilities in a single shipment from a remote site to a consolidation site from hazardous waste transport requirements in specified emergency situations.
Chapter 793, Statutes of 2014
AB 1337 (Allen-R) Plastic bag: recycling
Pre-empts any local government from enacting or enforcing any rule prohibiting the distribution of plastic single-use carryout bags or imposing a fee on the distribution of non-plastic single-use carryout bags (i.e., paper).
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1370 (Patterson-R) Recycling: beverage containers
Repeals existing law, which expends up to $5 million for a statewide public education and information campaign, and exempts the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery from convening a specified advisory committee to expend those funds.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1594 (Williams-D) Waste management
Re-classifies the use of green material as alternative daily cover at a landfill as disposal instead of diversion through recycling beginning 1/1/20; and requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to provide in its annual report an update on the adequacy of funding from the Integrated Waste Management Fund for their programs implemented pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.
Chapter 719, Statutes of 2014
AB 1635 (Brown-D) Radioactive materials: federal regulation
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to adopt a regulation adopted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that is in effect on or after 1/1/15, by either the specified procedures or pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1699 (Bloom-D) Waste management: synthetic plastic microbeads
Provides that, on or after 1/1/19, a person shall not sell or offer for promotional purposes in this state a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1826 (Chesbro-D) Organic waste
Requires a business that generates a specified amount of organic waste per week to arrange for recycling services for that organic waste beginning 1/1/16, through 1/1/19.
Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014
AB 1966 (Patterson-R) Hazardous waste analysis: regulations
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt federal testing requirements for hazardous waste analysis.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 2284 (Williams-D) Recycling: household batteries pilot projects
Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop and fund up to three local recycling pilot projects for non-rechargeable household batteries.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 2371* (Mullin-D) Pharmaceutical waste management
Requires local governments to update the Household Hazardous Waste Management Element to include consideration of the convenience of waste collection.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 2633 (Allen-R) Recycling: plastic material
Revises the state's 75% recycling goal to include waste-to-energy as recycling, and requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to take specified actions to encourage specified recycling and waste-to-energy technologies.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2636 (Gatto-D) CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund
Creates the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, which is administered by the Department of Water Resources, in order to provide low-interest loans and grants to local agencies for urban and agricultural water use efficiency projects.
Chapter 825, Statutes of 2014
AB 2658 (Bocanegra-D) Recycling: waste tires: public works projects
Extends the requirement for the Department of Transportation to use rubberized asphalt concrete for at least 50% of its rubberized asphalt from 2015 until 2020.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 2666 (Daly-D) Recycling: electronic waste
Exempts the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities from the requirements of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2712 (Daly-D) Orange County Water District: groundwater remediation
Establishes a process for groundwater cleanup for the Orange County Water District Act.
(Died on Senate Third Reading File)
AB 2748 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Hazardous waste: business plans
Provides that a business that handles paint that will be recycled or otherwise managed under an architectural paint recovery program approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is only required to establish and implement a hazardous materials business plan if it handles postconsumer (leftover) paint above specified quantities.
Chapter 744, Statutes of 2014
AB 2764 (Assembly Natural Resources Committee) Public resources
Makes technical revisions to the State Lands Commission's (SLC) authority to cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States within certain lands held by the United States; extends the maximum period of cession from five years to 10 years; and authorizes SLC to approve cession at a regularly noticed SLC meeting.
Chapter 512, Statutes of 2014
AJR 30 (Stone-D) Federal Chemical Safety Improvement Act
Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to respect the rights of states to protect the health of their citizens, and to not enact the federal Chemical Safety Improvement Act in its current form containing provisions that preempt a state's authority to protect the public from toxic or harmful chemicals.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
Miscellaneous
SB 193 (Monning-D) Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service
Requires, except as specified, chemical manufacturers, formulators, suppliers, distributors, importers, and their agents to provide to the Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, the names and addresses of their customers who have purchased specified chemicals or commercial products containing those chemicals, and certain other information related to those shipments, upon written request of the Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, for every product the final destination of which may be a place of employment in California.
Chapter 830, Statutes of 2014
SB 659 (Hancock-D) Archaeological resources: qualifications
Requires the Office of Planning and Research to recommend changes to the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines that will establish standards for proper archaeological evaluation conducted pursuant to the Act.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1122 (Pavley-D) Sustainable communities: Strategic Growth Council
Allows the Strategic Growth Council to manage and award financial assistance, from monies in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, through a regional granting authority for the implementation of a sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1217 (Leno-D) Climate change: preparedness
Places requirements upon various state agencies to assess the risks and impacts of climate change and incorporate findings into state policy and infrastructure investment planning and decision making.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1228 (Hueso-D) Trade Corridors Improvement Fund
Continues the existence of the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund in order to receive revenues from new funding sources and governs the expenditure of those funds.
Chapter 787, Statutes of 2014
SB 1244 (Lieu-D) Structural Pest Control Board
Extends, until 1/1/19, the provisions establishing the Structural Pest Control Board and the term of the executive officer of the Board, and makes numerous technical, updating and correcting changes to the structural pest control law.
Chapter 560, Statutes of 2014
SB 1395 (Block-D) Public beaches: inspection for contaminants
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to allow a local health officer to use specified polymerase chain reaction testing methods published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or approved as an alternative test procedure pursuant to federal law to determine the level of enterococci bacteria as a single test based on a single indicator at one or more beach locations within that jurisdiction if the officer demonstrates through side-by-side testing over a beach season that the use of the test method provides a reliable indication of overall microbiological contamination conditions.
Chapter 928, Statutes of 2014
SB 1405 (DeSaulnier-D) Pesticides: schoolsites
Requires, under the Healthy Schools Act of 2000, a school designee to post on the Internet Web site of a schoolsite an integrated pest management plan if certain pesticides are used at a schoolsite; requires reporting of specified pesticide use at a schoolsite; and requires individuals applying pesticides at schoolsites to complete an annual training.
Chapter 848, Statutes of 2014
AB 293 (Allen-R) California Clean Energy Jobs Act: implementation
Requires the California Energy Commission to develop a program to award funding for the purposes of the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39).
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 716 (Quirk-Silva-D) Infrastructure: state planning and funding
Requires the Strategic Growth Council to assist the Governor in submitting the annual five-year infrastructure plan to the Legislature. Adds housing to the definition of infrastructure for purposes of the plan. Requires the proposals for funding infrastructure identified in the plan to include investment coordination opportunities related to infill and transit-oriented development.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 963 (Levine-D) State contracts: environmentally preferable purchasing
Provides a 3% bid preference on certain state contracts for bidders having a record of "environmentally preferable purchasing," as currently defined in state law.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1302 (Hagman-R) Sustainable Environmental Protection Act
Establishes the Sustainable Environmental Protection Act, which allows an environmental document prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act, to use standards provided by existing state or federal environmental protection laws as the exclusive means of evaluating and mitigating environmental impacts. Limits the causes of action upon which parties may file suit to enforce the Sustainable Environmental Protection Act.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1711 (Cooley-D) Administrative Procedure Act: economic impact assessment
Requires an economic impact assessment to be included in the Initial Statement of Reasons that a state agency submits to the Office of Administrative Law when adopting, amending, or repealing a non-major regulation.
Chapter 779, Statutes of 2014
AB 1827 (Patterson-R) Environmental agencies: administrative/civil penalties
Prohibits the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Natural Resources Agency departments, boards, and offices from imposing civil or administrative penalties for violations of the law without allowing a business to correct the violation.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 2467 (Nestande-R) Beverage containers: market development payments
Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to pay a market development payment to both certified entities and product manufacturers for empty plastic beverage containers.
Vetoed
AB 2572 (Ting-D) Environmental justice: reports
Requires the report on the implementation of provisions of law relating to environmental justice to identify and address any gaps in the agency's existing programs, policies, or activities that may impede the achievement of environmental justice; and requires the report to also identify and evaluate new programs, policies, or activities intended to further promote the achievement of environmental justice.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2723 (Medina-D) Administrative procedure: small businesses
Makes clarifying changes to the Administrative Procedure Act to include "sole proprietorships" and "small business" in the required standardized regulatory impact analysis when a state agency proposes to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation.
Vetoed
AB 2738 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Contamination
Requires the notice of special compliance procedure and proof of compliance form to be provided to the alleged violator at the time the notice of the alleged violation is served; and requires that the notice allege that the alleged violator failed to provide clear and reasonable warning regarding specified exposures.
Chapter 828, Statutes of 2014
Index (in Measure Order)
Go to TopNote: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
| Measure and Reference | Author | Measure Title |
|---|---|---|
| SB 11* - Air Quality | Pavley-D | Alternative fuel and vehicle technologies |
| SB 34* - Air Quality | Calderon-D | Greenhouse gas: carbon capture and storage |
| SB 64 - Air Quality | Corbett-D | Clean Technology Innovation Account |
| SB 193 - Miscellaneous | Monning-D | Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service |
| SB 270 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Padilla-D | Single-use carryout bags |
| SB 389 - Air Quality | Wright-D | South Coast Air Quality Management District: offsets |
| SB 395 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Jackson-D | Class II wells |
| SB 405 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Padilla-D | Single-use carryout bags |
| SB 445* - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Hill-D | Underground storage tanks |
| SB 497 - Air Quality | Walters-R | Greenhouse gas allowances |
| SB 498 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Lara-D | Biomass conversion |
| SB 525 - California Environmental Quality Act | Galgiani-D | Altamont Commuter Expressway: exemptions |
| SB 529 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Leno-D | Recycling: fast food facilities |
| SB 605 - Air Quality | Lara-D | Short-lived climate pollutants |
| SB 617 - California Environmental Quality Act | Evans-D | California Environmental Quality Act: assessments |
| SB 659 - Miscellaneous | Hancock-D | Archaeological resources: qualifications |
| SB 674 - California Environmental Quality Act | Corbett-D | Residential infill projects: exemption |
| SB 691 - Air Quality | Hancock-D | Nonvehicular air pollution control: penalties |
| SB 712 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Lara-D | Hazardous waste facility: permitting: interim status |
| SB 727 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Jackson-D | Medical waste |
| SB 731 - California Environmental Quality Act | Steinberg-D | California Environmental Quality Act |
| SB 736 - Air Quality | Wright-D | Electrical generation facility: upgrades: permit fees |
| SB 754 - California Environmental Quality Act | Evans-D | California Environmental Quality Act: documents |
| SB 787 - California Environmental Quality Act | Berryhill-R | Sustainable Environmental Protection Act |
| SB 812 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | De León-D | Department of Toxic Substances Control |
| SB 834 - California Environmental Quality Act | Huff-R | Sustainable Environmental Protection Act |
| SB 1014 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Jackson-D | Pharmaceutical waste: home generated: collection |
| SB 1019 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Leno-D | Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals |
| SB 1020 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Monning-D | Recycling: photovoltaic panels |
| SB 1117 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Monning-D | Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act |
| SB 1122 - Miscellaneous | Pavley-D | Sustainable communities: Strategic Growth Council |
| SB 1125 - Air Quality | Pavley-D | Emissions reduction |
| SB 1194 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Hueso-D | Plastic products |
| SB 1204 - Air Quality | Lara-D | Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program |
| SB 1217 - Miscellaneous | Leno-D | Climate change: preparedness |
| SB 1228 - Miscellaneous | Hueso-D | Trade Corridors Improvement Fund |
| SB 1244 - Miscellaneous | Lieu-D | Structural Pest Control Board |
| SB 1249 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Hill-D | Shredder waste |
| SB 1261 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Jackson-D | Certified unified program agencies: business plans |
| SB 1268 - Air Quality | Beall-D | Natural Resources Climate Improvement Program |
| SB 1274 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Hancock-D | Recycling: used mattresses |
| SB 1332 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Wolk-D | Pesticides: carbon monoxide pest control devices |
| SB 1383 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Hueso-D | Plastic products: labeling |
| SB 1395 - Miscellaneous | Block-D | Public beaches: inspection for contaminants |
| SB 1398 - California Environmental Quality Act | Cannella-R | Flood control activities: Salinas River |
| SB 1405 - Miscellaneous | DeSaulnier-D | Pesticides: schoolsites |
| SB 1415 - Air Quality | Hill-D | Bay Area Air Quality Management District: advisory council |
| SB 1451 - California Environmental Quality Act | Hill-D | Environmental quality: judicial review: standing |
| SB 1458 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Senate Environmental Quality Committee | Hazardous substances |
| SJR 30 - Air Quality | Lieu-D | Air quality: leaded aviation fuel |
| SR 59 - Air Quality | Lieu-D | Aviation gasoline |
| AB 52 - California Environmental Quality Act | Gatto-D | Tribal cultural resources: environmental effect |
| AB 69* - Air Quality | Perea-D | Market-based compliance mechanisms: exemption |
| AB 153 - Air Quality | Bonilla-D | California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: offsets |
| AB 158 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Levine-D | Single-use carryout bags |
| AB 278 - Air Quality | Gatto-D | Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| AB 282 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Wieckowski-D | Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges |
| AB 284 - Air Quality | Quirk-D | Road to 2050 Board: global warming impacts |
| AB 293 - Miscellaneous | Allen-R | California Clean Energy Jobs Act: implementation |
| AB 323 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Chesbro-D | Recycling: diversion: green materials |
| AB 333 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Wieckowski-D | Medical Waste Management Act |
| AB 358 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Holden-D | Lead hazard evaluation |
| AB 380 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Dickinson-D | Spill response for railroads |
| AB 403 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Stone-D | Home-generated sharps |
| AB 416 - Air Quality | Gordon-D | Local Emission Reduction Program |
| AB 452 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Brown-D | Radioactive materials: federal regulation |
| AB 453 - Air Quality | Mullin-D | Sustainable communities: greenhouse gas emissions |
| AB 467* - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Stone-D | Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program |
| AB 488 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Williams-D | Recycling: household batteries |
| AB 515 - California Environmental Quality Act | Dickinson-D | California Environmental Quality Act: writ of mandate |
| AB 521 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Stone-D | Recycling: marine plastic pollution |
| AB 543 - California Environmental Quality Act | Campos-D | California Environmental Quality Act: translation |
| AB 572 - Air Quality | Atkins-D | Market-based compliance mechanisms: energy efficiency |
| AB 574 - Air Quality | Lowenthal-D | Sustainable Communities Infrastructure Program |
| AB 597 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Dahle-R | Chemicals of concern: regulatory response |
| AB 665 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Alejo-D | Beverage containers: redemption payments |
| AB 671 - Air Quality | Logue-R | Air Resources Board: regulations: data sets |
| AB 716 - Miscellaneous | Quirk-Silva-D | Infrastructure: state planning and funding |
| AB 764 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Linder-R | Human remains |
| AB 794 - California Environmental Quality Act | Gorell-R | Use of landfill and organic waste: exemption |
| AB 818 - Air Quality | Blumenfield-D | Air pollution control: penalties |
| AB 823 - California Environmental Quality Act | Eggman-D | Environment: California Farmland Protection Act |
| AB 930 - California Environmental Quality Act | Hall-D | Enterprise zones: energy management plans |
| AB 953 - California Environmental Quality Act | Ammiano-D | Environmental impact reports |
| AB 963 - Miscellaneous | Levine-D | State contracts: environmentally preferable purchasing |
| AB 997 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Chesbro-D | Enforcement agencies |
| AB 1001* - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Gordon-D | Packaging: exemptions: metals |
| AB 1022 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Eggman-D | Electronic waste: cathode ray tube glass |
| AB 1023 - Air Quality | Eggman-D | Air resources: greenhouse gas emissions |
| AB 1026 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Quirk-D | Toxic chemicals: listing |
| AB 1056 - Air Quality | Jones-R | Air Resources Board: market-based compliance mechanism |
| AB 1095 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Nestande-R | Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous materials |
| AB 1098 - California Environmental Quality Act | Gray-D | Tribal gaming: compact ratification |
| AB 1102 - Air Quality | Allen-R | Beach fire rings |
| AB 1104 - California Environmental Quality Act | Salas-D | Biogas pipelines: exemption |
| AB 1179 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Bocanegra-D | Recycling: waste tires: public works projects |
| AB 1190 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Bloom-D | Transportation: wastewater |
| AB 1191 - Air Quality | Patterson-R | Energy: assessments and forecasts |
| AB 1302 - Miscellaneous | Hagman-R | Sustainable Environmental Protection Act |
| AB 1330 - Air Quality | John A. Pérez-D | Environmental justice |
| AB 1337 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Allen-R | Plastic bag: recycling |
| AB 1370 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Patterson-R | Recycling: beverage containers |
| AB 1375 - Air Quality | Chau-D | Clean Technology Investment Account |
| AB 1447 - Air Quality | Waldron-R | Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: traffic synchronization |
| AB 1499 - Air Quality | Skinner-D | Electricity: self-generation incentive program |
| AB 1594 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Williams-D | Waste management |
| AB 1635 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Brown-D | Radioactive materials: federal regulation |
| AB 1639 - Air Quality | Grove-R | Greenhouse gas emissions limit: high-speed rail |
| AB 1699 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Bloom-D | Waste management: synthetic plastic microbeads |
| AB 1711 - Miscellaneous | Cooley-D | Administrative Procedure Act: economic impact assessment |
| AB 1763 - Air Quality | Perea-D | State energy plan for 2030 and 2050 |
| AB 1813 - Air Quality | Quirk-D | Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| AB 1826 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Chesbro-D | Organic waste |
| AB 1827 - Miscellaneous | Patterson-R | Environmental agencies: administrative/civil penalties |
| AB 1849 - California Environmental Quality Act | Logue-R | Levees: exemption |
| AB 1966 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Patterson-R | Hazardous waste analysis: regulations |
| AB 1970 - Air Quality | Gordon-D | Community Investment and Innovation Program |
| AB 1992 - Air Quality | Quirk-D | Very low carbon transportation fuels |
| AB 2027 - Air Quality | Logue-R | Greenhouse gas: reporting and verification: violations |
| AB 2042 - Air Quality | Levine-D | Clean Vehicle Rebate Project |
| AB 2050 - Air Quality | Quirk-D | Air Resources Board: scoping plan |
| AB 2083 - Air Quality | Beth Gaines-R | Air Resources Board: offsets |
| AB 2202 - Air Quality | Logue-R | Greenhouse gas reduction |
| AB 2242 - Air Quality | Perea-D | Air Quality Improvement Program |
| AB 2281 - Air Quality | Hagman-R | Air resources/public utilities: legislative oversight |
| AB 2284 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Williams-D | Recycling: household batteries pilot projects |
| AB 2353 - California Environmental Quality Act | Waldron-R | Environmental quality: water storage facilities |
| AB 2371* - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Mullin-D | Pharmaceutical waste management |
| AB 2390 - Air Quality | Muratsuchi-D | Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Green Credit Reserve |
| AB 2417 - California Environmental Quality Act | Nazarian-D | Exemption: recycled water pipelines |
| AB 2467 - Miscellaneous | Nestande-R | Beverage containers: market development payments |
| AB 2572 - Miscellaneous | Ting-D | Environmental justice: reports |
| AB 2593 - Air Quality | Bradford-D | Greenhouse gases: diversity reporting |
| AB 2633 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Allen-R | Recycling: plastic material |
| AB 2636 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Gatto-D | CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund |
| AB 2658 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Bocanegra-D | Recycling: waste tires: public works projects |
| AB 2666 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Daly-D | Recycling: electronic waste |
| AB 2704 - Air Quality | Allen-R | Air Resources Board: regulations |
| AB 2712 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Daly-D | Orange County Water District: groundwater remediation |
| AB 2723 - Miscellaneous | Medina-D | Administrative procedure: small businesses |
| AB 2738 - Miscellaneous | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee | Contamination |
| AB 2748 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee | Hazardous waste: business plans |
| AB 2764 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Assembly Natural Resources Committee | Public resources |
| AJR 30 - Solid Waste/Hazardous Materials | Stone-D | Federal Chemical Safety Improvement Act |