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Check this report regularly for information on current bills of interest to the Integrated Waste Management Board. Information on past bills of interest to the Board from prior legislative sessions is available from the archives. Status of Priority Bills, 2007-2008 Session
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| Assembly Bills | Location | Summary |
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| AB 29
(Hancock)
D - El Cerrito |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was H. & C.D. (05/02/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require certain of those funds, upon appropriation, to be made available to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purposes of making infrastructure grants for construction or acquisition of capital assets, as defined, to qualifying cities, counties, and cities and counties. The bill would require a project to meet certain, listed criteria in order to be eligible for grant funding. |
| AB 94
(Committee on Utilities and Commerce)
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Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was E. U., & C. on 06/10/2008) | This bill would require the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources to be at least 33% of the total electricity sold to retail customers in California per year by December 31, 2020. |
| AB 109
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 313, Statutes of 2008 | Would require the Energy Commission to implement the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program by regulation pursuant to the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would require both this program and the program discussed in (3) below to provide a public competitive process for the allocation of funds. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission to make a single source or sole source award for applied research meeting specified requirements, including the applied research to be conducted by the Quiet Motorized Road Vehicle and Safe Mobility Committee that would be created by Senate Bill 1174 of the 2007-08 Regular Session, if that bill is enacted. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 114
(Blakeslee)
R - San Luis Obispo |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require the Energy Commission , on or before November 1, 2009, to submit a report to the Legislature containing recommendations regarding containment, scrubbing, and capture technologies to decrease carbon dioxide emission from thermal powerplants and other industrial processes . The Energy Commission would be required to include the report in its 2009 integrated energy policy report and to share its findings with the State Air Resources Board . |
| AB 255
(De Leon)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would create the Clean Air and Energy Independence Fund, and would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the state board to be used towards specified purposes, including incentives for purchasers of vehicles powered by clean alternative fuels or other efficient technologies . The bill would require the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to submit an annual report to the Legislature on expenditures from the Clean Air and Energy Independence Fund. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 493
(Ruskin)
D - Los Altos |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last locations was THIRD READING | Would require the state board to create and implement a clean vehicle incentive program meeting specified requirements, that would provide rebates to, and require surcharges from, purchasers of new motor vehicles based on the vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate against emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 501
(Swanson)
D - Oakland |
Vetoed by Governor | This bill would require a pharmaceutical manufacturer, whose product is administered for home use through a prefilled injection device, to arrange to provide either a postage prepaid mail-back sharps container or an approved sharps container for the safe storage of, and transport to a sharps consolidation location or other specified location. |
| AB 558
(Feuer)
D - West Hollywood |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 07/14/2008) | Would enact the California Chemical Substances Act and would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to implement the act. The department would be required, by January 1, 2010, to identify and recommend the most accurate and effective methods to use to test for and evaluate the potential hazard traits of chemical substances. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 564
(Brownley)
D - Woodland Hills |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would authorize the district to impose a fee or charge in compliance with Article XIII D of the California Constitution, to pay the costs and expenses of the district, and to carry out the objects or purposes of the act. The bill would require that any fees imposed be levied and collected together with taxes for county purposes, and the revenues paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 575
(Arambula)
D - Fresno |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require the state board to develop guidelines meeting specified requirements for the allocation of the $1,000,000,000 in funding. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the state board to allocate funds on a competitive basis to projects and measures that are shown to achieve the greatest emission reductions from activities related to freight movement along California's trade corridors. The projects and measures would be required to result in emission reductions not otherwise required by law or regulation in effect as of November 8, 2006. The bill would specify that the funds only be used to implement strategies described in a required emissions reduction plan to be included in funding applications. The bill would require the state board to report annually to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature in writing and at scheduled legislative informational hearings on the status of the projects and measures being funded. The bill would require the costs the state board in administering the progra m to be paid in an appropriation in the annual Budget Act and would limit those costs to $15,000,000 for the duration of program funding. |
| AB 630
(Price)
D - Inglewood |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require, if certain requirements are met, the state board to expeditiously adopt an emissions standard or requirement proposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District that requires a waiver or authorization under the federal Clean Air Act, and would require the state board, if necessary, to submit the standard or requirement to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for waiver or authorization. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2015. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 640
(De La Torre)
D - South Gate |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | The Water Replenishment District Act provides for the formation of water replenishment districts. The act grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act requires the board of directors of a water replenishment district to prepare annually an engineering survey and report that includes information relating to the groundwater supplies within the district. The act requires the board to make certain determinations in connection with a decision to impose a water replenishment assessment to purchase replenishment water or to remove contaminants from the groundwater supplies of the district. The act requires the water replenishment assessment to be fixed at a uniform rate per acre-foot of groundwater produced within the district. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 657
(Jeffries)
R - Murrieta |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was PRINT (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions of law. |
| AB 700
(Lieu)
D - El Segundo |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would require the city to establish a technical advisory committee to evaluate all relevant and appropriate studies and data regarding the airport and, on or before January 1, 2009, prepare and submit to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Legislature a report with recommendations about potential actions that could be taken to reduce the air quality impacts caused by air traffic connected with the airport, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 719
(DeVore)
R - Irvine |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last locations was NAT. RES. | Would create the California Zero Carbon Dioxide Emission Electrical Generation Act of 2007. The bill would repeal that prohibition regarding permitting and certifying nuclear fission thermal powerplants, along with certain other duties of the commission with regard to nuclear fission thermal powerplants. |
| AB 746
(Krekorian)
D - Glendale |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/04/2008) | This bill would require the PUC, by July 1, 2008, in consultation with the CEC, the CARB, air quality management districts, air pollution control districts, electrical corporations, gas corporations, the motor vehicle industry, and the natural gas vehicle and transportation fuel industries, to develop and implement policies and programs that are in the interests of ratepayers, to promote the development and increased use of natural gas as an alternative transportation fuel. |
| AB 769
(Aghazarian)
R - Stockton |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was REV. & TAX (05/02/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would additionally exempt from that tax fuel that is used to transport biomass, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 786
(Lieu)
D - El Segundo |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require that appropriate credit to also be provided to a commercial bank or investment company that provides reduced rate financing or other financing incentives to assist other entities in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. |
| AB 811
(Levine)
D - Van Nuys |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 159, Statutes of 2008 | Would additionally authorize a legislative body of any city, as defined, to determine that it would be in the public interest to designate an area within which authorized city officials and free and willing property owners may enter into contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to real property, as specified. The bill would require the resolution of intention to include, among other things, the kinds of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements that may be financed as well as a statement specifying that it is in the public interest to finance those distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements. The bill would further require the report to include, among other things, the types of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements that may be financed through the use of contractual assessments. The bill would authorize a property owner, upon written consent of an authorized city official, to purchase directly the related equipment and materials for the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy efficiency improvements and to contract directly for the installation of those sources or improvements. The bill would make findings and a declaration in this regard. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 844
(Berryhill)
R - Modesto |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2008. | Would require a junk dealer or recycler to report the information included in those written records to the chief of police or sheriff, as specified, upon request and on a monthly basis. The bill would authorize the chief of police or sheriff to request weekly reports for no more than a 2-month period, except as specified, if there is an ongoing investigation of the junk dealer or recycler concerning possible criminal activity. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 934
(Duvall)
R - Brea |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was APPR. (06/01/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would modify these provisions to authorize districts to adopt airborne toxic control measures only for nonvehicular stationary sources. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 938
(Calderon, Charles)
D - City of Industry |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/30/2008) | Would make legislative findings and declarations regarding uncontrolled pollutants in urban runoff, stormwater, and other forms of runoff, and statements of legislative intent regarding the provision of tools to help remedy pollution from these sources. |
| AB 995
(Krekorian)
D - Glendale |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/28/2008) | Would require the department to establish a program to offer grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible projects submitted by eligible nonprofit organizations, and public institutions, including natural history museums, aquariums, nature education and research facilities, and botanical gardens. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 1017
(Ma)
D - San Francisco |
Vetoed by Governor | Would require the elected decisionmaking body to set the matter for a hearing within 90 days of the filing of the appeal and to make a decision on the appeal within 30 days of a hearing, which may be extended by the elected decisionmaking body to 45 days, following the conclusion of the hearing. The bill would also provide that the time period for filing specified actions or proceedings commences on the date that the elected decisionmaking body acts on the appeal. The bill would provide that a notice of an approval or a determination to carry out a project subject to CEQA, or a notice of a determination that a project is not subject to CEQA, would be invalid if the approval of the project is appealed. The bill, following final action by the elected decisionmaking body on the appeal, would require the local lead agency to file a notice of an approval or determination to carry out the project and would authorize, if applicable, the local lead agency to file a notice of a determination that the project is not subject to CEQA. The bill would require that, for a city and county, an appeal to an elected decisionmaking body be filed within 30 days of the first discretionary approval of a project. By increasing the duties of a local government with respect to these provisions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1064
(Lieber)
D - Mountain View |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would extend until January 1, 2012, the self-generation incentive program for nonsolar distributed generation resources and require the PUC to limit the eligibility for incentives pursuant to the program to distributed generation resources that the PUC determines support the state's goals for the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The bill would require that advanced solar thermal distributed technologies displace usage of natural gas, as determined by the PUC, and would require that any incentives authorized by the PUC be performance-based so that incentives are earned based on the actual energy savings. The bill would require that combined heat and power units meet certain efficiency and emissions requirements to receive incentives. The bill would require a customer receiving incentives for a combined heat and power unit to adequately maintain and service the unit so that during operation, the unit continues to meet or exceed the efficiency and emissions requirements. The bill would delete the authorization for the PUC to include in the self-generation incentive grant program other ultraclean and low-emission distributed generation technologies, and to evaluate other public policy interests. The bill would require the commission to ensure that , beginning January 1, 2009, no costs of the self-generation incentive program for distributed generation resources are recovered from residential customers. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1065
(Lieber)
D - Mountain View |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 07/10/2008) | Would require the commission to adopt standards that would reduce the energy consumption per gross square foot of floorspace of new residential and new nonresidential buildings, from offsite sources, by not less than 20% of the standards adopted in 2003 no later than 2015. The bill would require the commission to have a goal of zero net energy for new residential buildings by 2020 and zero net energy for new nonresidential buildings by 2030 . The commission would be required to review and approve one or more computer programs for use in demonstrating compliance with the commission prescribed energy standards. The commission would also be required to prescribe other specified requirements for compliance software and to review and approve software for use in demonstrating compliance with the adopted building design and construction standards. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 1077
(Lieber)
D - Mountain View |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would enact the California Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Leadership Act of 2007. The bill would establish the California Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council, with specified membership, to develop and carry out a strategy of coordination and collaboration between entities and organizations engaged in activities relating to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The bill would require the council, on or before October 1, 2008, to identify the percentage or number of plug-in hybrid vehicles that could reasonably be added to the state vehicle fleet in the future. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1119
(Fuller)
R - Bakersfield |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was E.Q. on 07/10/2007) | Would require the state board , in developing eligibility criteria for emission control devices eligible that may be funded under emission reduction grant programs, to take all reasonable steps to consider the number of manufacturers capable of providing verified devices to ensure adequate competition among manufacturers and lower prices for the devices . |
| AB 1127
(Carter)
D - Rialto |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would authorize the department tomake a loan or grant to the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority with moneys from the above- described funds for the purposes of assessing and treating drinking water for perchlorate contamination in and around the Cities of Colton, Fontana, and Rialto, including the identification of perchlorate contamination in drinking water sources, the assessment and identification of inorganic and organic perchlorate in those sources, and the treatment of drinking water to meet primary drinking water standards for the protection of public health. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 1138
(Brownley)
D - Woodland Hills |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was NAT. RES. (05/02/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would require the state board to resolve all questions relating to the boundaries of a district. |
| AB 1183
(Committee on Budget)
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008. | Would require the department, with respect to conducting licensing and certification surveys and complaint investigations, to emphasize consistency across the state and its district offices. The bill would authorize the department to issue federal deficiencies, and to recommend federal enforcement actions, as described. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1209
(Karnette)
D - Long Beach |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 429, Statutes of 2008 | Would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue additional distinctive decals, labels, or other identifiers for certain hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles that satisfy specified conditions. |
| AB 1372
(Parra)
D - Bakersfield |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was PUB. S. (05/02/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would add theft of copper materials as a type of theft punishable as grand theft. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1389
(Committee on Budget)
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008. | Would reduce the continuous appropriation from the General Fund, described above, by specified amounts. The bill would require that the transfers to the Supplemental Benefit Maintenance Account be made on November 1 and April 1 of each fiscal year, with each transfer to equal 1/2 the amount appropriated. The bill, until 2013, would also make a series of appropriations from the General Fund for the purpose of paying interest on the judgment in a specified case related to the account. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that certain information be included in the annual Budget Act. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1390
(Huffman)
D - San Rafael |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was SECOND READING on 08/22/2008) | Would on and after July 1, 2009, establish the amount of the fee in an amount of $2 per ton and would require $0.60 of that fee after that date to be available for expenditure by the board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in accordance with a specified schedule. |
| AB 1391
(Brownley)
D - Woodland Hills |
Vetoed by the Governor | This bill would require a retail seller of covered electronic devices (CEDs) to provide customers, at the point of sale, with the IWMB’s Website that includes specific information on how to properly dispose of electronic waste in the State. (Note: This is almost an identical reintroduction of AB 546 (Brownley) from 2007, which was vetoed by the Governor.) |
| AB 1428
(Galgiani)
D - Stockton |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was E.Q. on 07/10/2007) | This bill would require electrical corporations to provide eligible biomass conversion customer-generators with net energy metering under a pilot program. This bill would prescribe conditions under which these customers may participate in the pilot program and would require the electrical corporation to file a standard tariff providing for net energy metering for eligible biomass conversion customer-generators. |
| AB 1455
(Arambula)
D - Fresno |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would authorize the State Air Resources Board , on or before January 1, 2017, to designate California Air Quality Zones in the state based on specified air quality and other criteria. |
| AB 1602
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was E.Q. on 06/14/2007) | Would establish in the Resources Agency, the Sustainable Communities and Urban Greening Grant Program and would provide that moneys made available by those bond funds may be expended for this program. The bill would require the Resources Agency, in consultation with the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, to develop and administer a program of grants to local public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of improving the sustainability and livability of communities through the development of green infrastructure that provides multiple benefits, including improved air and water quality, energy and water conservation, climate change mitigation, and recreational and other community benefits. The bill would specify eligible projects. |
| AB 1621
(Smyth)
R - Santa Clarita |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was PRINT (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Existing law makes specified findings and declarations regarding the disposal of agricultural wastes. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those findings and declarations. |
| AB 1724
(Jones)
D - Sacramento |
Vetoed by Governor | This bill would authorize local entities to enact ordinances that would allow for the impoundment of a vehicle used to dump commercial quantities of solid waste, if the person whose vehicle is impounded has a prior conviction for illegal dumping. |
| AB 1778
(Ma)
D - San Francisco |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2008. | Would prohibit a junk dealer or recycler, as defined, in specified jurisdictions, from providing payment for newspaper and for California Redemption Value (CRV) containers unless, except as specified, the payment is made by check and the dealer or recycler obtains certain identifying information, as specified, to be retained by the dealer or recycler for a certain period of time. The bill would specify that this provision does not apply to the payment for newspaper having a value of $50 or less in a single transaction or CRV containers having a value of $100 or less in a single transaction. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1846
(Adams)
R - Claremont |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 321, Statutes of 2008 | Would exempt those who transport inedible kitchen grease for their own personal, noncommercial use as an alternative fuel, from paying 75 percent of the $300 transporter fee, as specified. |
| AB 1879
(Feuer)
D - West Hollywood |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 559, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would provide the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) with the authority to establish a process by which chemicals and chemical ingredients in products are prioritized for consideration as a chemical of concern and gives DTSC the authority to adopt regulations, seek safer science-based alternatives to toxic chemicals and alternatives to best limit exposure to the priority chemicals in consumer products, including imposing requirements for the manufacturer to manage the product at the end of its useful life, and establish an online Toxics Information Clearinghouse to gain greater knowledge about the toxicity and hazard traits of thousands of chemicals currently used in California. |
| AB 1920
(Huffman)
D - San Rafael |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/30/2008) | Would replace the definition of "electric service provider" in existing law relative to private energy producers with a definition of "electric utility." The bill would require the ratemaking authority, as defined, for the electric utility to adopt, by January 1, 2010 , a net surplus electricity compensation valuation to compensate a net surplus customer-generator, as defined, for the value of net surplus electricity, as defined, generated by an eligible customer-generator and delivered to the grid that is in excess of the amount of electricity that is delivered from the grid to the eligible customer-generator. The bill would require the electric utility to offer a standard contract or tariff to eligible customer-generators that includes compensation for the value of net surplus electricity. The bill would require the electric utility, upon an affirmative election by the eligible customer-generator to receive service pursuant to this contract or tariff, to either: (1) provide net surplus electricity compensation for any net surplus electricity generated in the 12-month period, or (2) allow the eligible customer-generator to apply the net surplus electricity as a credit for kilowatthours consumed during the following 12-month period. The bill would, for an electric utility that is an electrical corporation or electrical cooperative, authorize the commission to adopt requirements for providing notice and the manner by which eligible customer-generators may elect to receive net surplus electricity compensation. The bill would provide that upon adoption of the net surplus electricity compensation rate and the eligible customer-generator electing to receive net surplus electricity compensation, any renewable energy credit, as defined, for net surplus electricity belongs to the electric utility purchasing the electricity and that net surplus electricity counts toward the electric utility's renewables portfolio standard purchasing requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1950
(Lieu)
D - El Segundo |
Vetoed by Governor | Would increase the minimum fine to $1,000. The bill would also allow the moneys in the fund to be used for the abatement and removal of a hulk, derelict, wreck, or parts of any ship, or other watercraft sunk, beached, or allowed to remain in an unseaworthy or dilapidated condition upon municipal or other public corporation property, and for the disposal of a surrendered vessel, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 1972
(DeSaulnier)
D - Martinez |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 436, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would modify two chapters in current law: one on biodegradable and compostable plastic bags and one on plastic food and beverage containers. In both programs, the sale of an item labeled “compostable” or “marine degradable” would be prohibited unless the item meets specific American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Specifications, or in some cases, a standard adopted by the CIWMB. |
| AB 2013
(Krekorian)
D - Glendale |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 07/14/2008) | Would require the department, in the next triennial adoption process of the California Building Code that begins on or after January 1, 2009, to propose building standards that authorize the use of water-permeable pavement in the construction of any exterior paved surface in, or related to the construction of, a structure such as a patio, sidewalk, or driveway, or all or a portion of a dwelling unit, hotel, motel, or lodging house. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 2030
(Lieu)
D - El Segundo |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE | Would require the commission to adopt, in collaboration with specified parties, building design and construction standards, and energy and water conservation standards to require new nonresidential constructions commenced on or after January 1, 2030, to be zero net energy buildings. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 2071
(Karnette)
D - Long Beach |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2008. | This bill would establish penalties for failure to comply with labeling requirements for compostable, biodegradable, and degradable plastic bags and plastic food and beverage containers sold in California. The labeling requirements are already part of current law; this bill would add enforcement provisions. |
| AB 2175
(Laird)
D - Santa Cruz |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/30/2008) | Would until January 1, 2010, delete the requirement that the commission be presented with and approve department regulations relating to the model water efficient landscape ordinance. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2176
(Caballero)
D - Salinas |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 229, Statutes of 2008 | Would require the commission to administer funds received by the state pursuant to the federal act and would require not less than 60% of the funds received to be used to provide subgrants to cities and counties of specified population sizes. The bill would require the remaining funds to be used to provide grants to entities eligible under the federal act. All grants would be prioritized based on cost-effective energy efficiency. The bill would require that no more than 5% of the funds received be expended on administrative expenses. |
| AB 2179
(Furutani)
D - Long Beach |
Vetoed by Governor | Would require all vehicles owned or leased by an entity of the state on or after January 1, 2010, that require diesel fuel to operate to use renewable biomass-based diesel fuel, as determined by the state board, if certain requirements are met. The state board would be required to develop sustainability criteria for renewable biomass-based diesel fuel meeting specified requirements. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2012. |
| AB 2224
(De La Torre)
D - South Gate |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency , with the assistance of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, Employment Training Panel, and the Workforce Investment Board, to create the California Clean Energy Curriculum and Training Initiative of 2008 to establish standardized curriculum for use at schools and provide outreach, assistance, and guidance to schools on creating clean energy training programs, as provided. The initiative would be implemented when the Legislature makes an appropriation of moneys for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2245
(Soto)
D - Ontario |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 96, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would allow illegal dumping enforcement officers to carry batons if the individual has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), in the carrying and use of a club or baton. |
| AB 2267
(Fuentes)
D - Arleta |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 537, Statutes of 2008 | Would state that public interest energy research, demonstration, and development projects should provide economic benefits for California by promoting California-based technology firms, jobs, and businesses. The bill would require the Energy Commission to give priority to California-based entities in making awards pursuant to the program. The bill would define a California-based entity. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2286
(Feuer)
D - West Hollywood |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 571, Statutes of 2008. | Would require that in addition to any other funding that becomes available, the secretary shall increase the oversight surcharge by an amount necessary to establish the data system, but not to exceed $25 each year for 3 years, to establish the statewide information management system, and would provide that not less than 75% of that funding shall be provided to certified unified program agencies and participating agencies through grant funds for the purposes of the system. The bill would require the secretary to establish milestones to measure the implementation of the information management system and provide periodic status updates to interested parties. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2309
(DeSaulnier)
D - Martinez |
Vetoed by the Governor | Would require the PUC to determine whether to require electrical corporations to provide in-home owner-requested energy efficiency audits for owner-occupied residential buildings built before January 1, 2006. The PUC would be required, in making its determination, to consider whether the benefits of providing in-home audits exceed the costs of providing those audits. Upon the completion of the owner-occupied residential energy audit, the electric corporation would be required to make recommendations to the owner regarding cost-effective measures that the owner could take to increase the residential building's energy efficiency. The bill would require the PUC to develop a procedure to determine which recommendations have been completed by an owner receiving an energy efficiency audit. The PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), would be required to prioritize energy efficiency measures. The PUC would be required to provide a report to the Legislature and to the Energy Commission containing specified information. |
| AB 2347
(Ruskin)
D - Los Altos |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2008. | This bill would enact the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008 and would require a manufacturer who sold mercury-added thermostats before January 1, 2006 to establish and maintain a collection and recycling program for out-of-service mercury-added thermostats. |
| AB 2431
(Garcia)
R - Cathedral City |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). Last location was PRINT | Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the Clean Air Act. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision of law. |
| AB 2432
(Laird)
D - Santa Cruz |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was CONCURRENCE on 08/30/2008) | Would additionally require the Energy Commission, in support of that program, to provide investment in research, development, and demonstration activities to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions . The Energy Commission would be authorized to contract for or enter into interagency agreements to support the program. The Energy Commission would be required to convene state agency decisionmakers responsible for climate change mitigation and adaption activities to provide those decisionmakers with information on current climate change research activities and to receive advice on future research needs. |
| AB 2466
(Laird)
D - Santa Cruz |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 540, Statutes of 2008 | Would authorize a local government, as defined, to receive a bill credit, as defined, to a designated benefiting account, as defined, for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2505
(Brownley)
D - Woodland Hills |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 07/14/2008) | Would prohibit a person, on and after January 1, 2013 , from manufacturing, importing, selling, or distributing in commerce in this state a rigid polyvinyl chloride packaging container, as defined , and would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2015, a person from manufacturing, importing, selling, or distributing in commerce in this state a flexible polyvinyl chloride packaging container, as defined . This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 2536
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would additionally, require the agency to develop a rebate program to assist metal plating facilities as described above and would authorize the agency to expend moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to make rebates. |
| AB 2645
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was T. & H. on 06/12/2008) | Would provide that the fuel blend criteria does not apply only to renewable diesel infrastructure, fueling stations, and equipment. The bill would, in addition, provide specified life cycle and multimedia analyses as eligible projects under the program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2678
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would require the Energy Commission, by March 1, 2009, to establish a regulatory proceeding to develop a comprehensive program to achieve greater energy savings in the state's existing residential and nonresidential building stock. In developing the requirements, the Energy Commission would be required to coordinate with specified entities and to consider certain specified factors. Before adopting the requirements, the Energy Commission would be required to consult with specified entities and to hold at least 3 public hearings. The Energy Commission would be required to periodically update the comprehensive program to improve or refine the program requirements. The Energy Commission would be required to report on the status of the program in the integrated energy policy report. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2679
(Ruskin)
D - Los Altos |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 500, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would make numerous changes to strengthen and streamline the enforcement provisions under the California Integrated Waste Management Act, including, repealing the automatic stay of an enforcement order, establishing civil and criminal penalties for specific violations of the Integrated Waste Management Act, and authorizing the CIWMB to take any enforcement action currently available to local enforcement agencies (LEAs) under certain circumstances. |
| AB 2724
(Benoit)
R - Riverside |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was PUB. S. on 06/10/2008) | Would provide that a person convicted of grand theft involving any wire, cable, copper, lead, solder, mercury, iron, or brass of a kind ordinarily used by, or that ordinarily belongs to, a railroad or other transportation, telephone, telegraph, gas, water, or electric light company or city, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of this state engaged in furnishing public utility service, or farm, ranch, industrial facility, or other commercial or residential building, shall, in addition to any punishment for that conviction, be subject to a fine of $100 for a first offense, or $200 for a 2nd or subsequent offense. This bill would require these fines to be deposited in the general fund of the jurisdiction that brought the prosecution, and used for metal theft enforcement efforts by that jurisdiction. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2729
(Ruskin)
D - Los Altos |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 2008. | Would create the School District Account (account) in the fund and would transfer a sum of $10,000,000 per year in the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years from the fund to the account. The moneys in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would be available for expenditure by the board to pay claims filed by school districts that have a 4th rank on the ranking list. The account would be repealed on July 1, 2014. Upon the repeal of the account, moneys in the account and moneys due to the account would revert to, and accrue to, the benefit of the fund. The board, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, would be required to include, in its annual report, information on the expenditure of moneys transferred to the account. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 2730
(Leno)
D - San Francisco |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 251, Statutes of 2008 | Would in the alternative, require that a nonprofit convenience zone recycler have operated in the same location for not less than 5 years and be located within one mile of a supermarket that is in a convenience zone that is exempt from the requirement that there be a certified recycling center or location within every convenience zone. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| AB 2769
(Levine)
D - Van Nuys |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was THIRD READING on 08/31/2008) | This bill would, on and after July 1, 2011, prohibit a store from providing plastic carryout bags to customers unless the store demonstrates an increased diversion rate, as defined, of 35% in the number of plastic carryout bags provided by the store during a specified period. |
| AB 2820
(Huffman)
D - San Rafael |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was RLS. | Would make findings and declarations with regard to existing law. |
| AB 2855
(Hancock)
D - El Cerrito |
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2008. | Would establish 2 new categories of partnership academies, the Green Technology Partnership Academies and the Goods Movement Partnership Academies. Commencing with the 2009-10 school year, when funds become available for additional partnership academies, as specified, the Superintendent would be required to issue grants for the establishment of partnership academies in each of the 9 economic regions established by the state, and would be required to give priority to partnership academies dedicated to educating young people in the emerging environmentally sound technologies. The Superintendent would also be required to issue grants for the establishment of partnership academies and give priority to the establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating young people in goods movement occupational areas until at least one academy is established in each of the 4 transportation corridors established by the state. The selection of school districts to establish the new partnership academies and the planning and development of the new partnership academies would be required to be conducted pursuant to the procedures and requirements established for all partnership academies under existing law. The bill would provide that the funding priorities it creates may be satisfied when the specified number of green technology and goods movement partnership academies are funded, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 2864
(De Leon)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE | Would state the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts to strive to achieve "grid neutrality" through investments in renewable energy components for new school construction projects. This bill would allow a grant for new construction or a modernization apportionment to be used for the costs of purchase and installation of renewable energy components, including solar panels, power systems, and photovoltaic (PV) systems, as specified. The bill would require the board to review the criteria for funding under the High Performance Schools Grant Program for new construction and modernization projects and the extent to which renewable energy technologies were included in the funded projects. The bill would specify that an amount equal to the savings accrued by a district as a result of renewable energy components shall be transferred into the capital outlay fund of the district until the total cost of the purchase and installation of the component is repaid. |
| AB 2867
(De Leon)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was H. & C.D. | Would require the department, for all new housing construction and rehabilitation programs administered by the department, to prioritize funding for housing projects that utilize sustainable building methods. If the department decides that a prioritization system is not feasible, the department would be required to report the basis of its decision to the Legislature. |
| AB 2916
(Nunez)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/05/2008) | Would require by January 1, 2015, that the total amount of energy consumed in buildings owned by the state be decreased by 20% of the total amount o f energy used in all state-owned buildings during 2008. The bill would require the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in consultation with the Department of General Services and other state entities , on or before July 1 , 2009, to develop guidelines to ensure that buildings owned or leased by the state are operated and maintained in an energy and resource efficient manner. The bill would require that a proposal for funding infrastructure under the Governor's plan contain a description of the way in which the proposal would achieve energy efficiency and energy and resource conservation consistent with the guidelines developed by the commission. The bill would require the Department of General Services or other state departments, as specified, to assess each building owned or leased by the state pursuant to the guidelines developed by the commission and submit the assess ments to the Legislature . This bill contains other related provisions. |
| AB 2988
(Emmerson)
R - Cucamonga |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was THIRD READING on 09/16/2008) | Would exempt from the provisions of the act certain advertising displays, installed and operated in conjunction with the development of public assembly facilities, as defined, located within, or immediately adjacent to, the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District, that meet specified requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| AB 3025
(Lieber)
D - Mountain View |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 471, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would prohibit, after January 1, 2012, a wholesaler or manufacturer from selling, or offering to sell expanded polystyrene (EPS) loosefill packaging material (“packaging peanuts”) in California, unless it meets requirements to contain specified amounts of recycled material. Ultimately, the bill requires EPS loosefill packaging to be comprised of 100 percent recycled material by January 1, 2017. |
| AB 3031
(Lieber)
D - Mountain View |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE | Would require the California Environmental Protection Agency to develop an inventory of all available data identifying chemical uses by type, industry sector, and toxicity to show existing hazardous substance flows, changes, and endpoints to assist consumers, policymakers, researchers, and the industry. The bill would require all state agencies to inform the California Environmental Protection Agency of relevant data in their possession and to assist the agency in collecting additional necessary data, and would require the agency to seek data for the inventory from other specified entities. |
| Senate Bills | Location | Summary |
| SB 9
(Lowenthal)
D - Long Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would establish a process administered by the California Transportation Commission for allocation of these funds. The bill would designate 4 trade corridors eligible to receive funding. The bill would establish criteria for project selection based on improvement of mobility of freight and improvement of air quality, as specified, and would require a proposed project to be included in a corridor plan developed by affected agencies specified in the bill. The bill would also provide for $50,000,000 to be allocated to projects located o utside of those trade corridors that meet the selection criteria. The bill would require projects to be ready for construction by June 30, 2013. The bill would require the commission to adopt guidelines for the allocation of these funds by April 1, 2008, would require an annual report to the Legislature and Governor beginning on January 1, 2009, and would enact other related provisions. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| SB 19
(Lowenthal)
D - Long Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. on 07/17/2007) | Would require the state board to implement the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program. The bill would create eligibility requirements for funding pursuant to this program. The state board would be required to adopt guidelines and funding criteria for the program consistent with certain requirements. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 27
(Simitian)
D - Palo Alto |
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 608, Statutes of 2008. | Would require the Office of Emergency Services, upon receipt of appropriate funding, to establish, until January 1, 2011, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard Coordination Task Force, which would be led by the office, and include the Delta Protection Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and a single representative from each of the 5 delta counties. The task force would be required to make recommendations to the office relating to the creation of an interagency unified command system organizational framework, coordinate the development of a draft emergency preparedness and response strategy for the delta region, and develop and conduct an all-hazard emergency response exercise in the delta. The task force would be required to submit a report with its strategy and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2011, and cease to exist on or before January 1, 2011. |
| SB 47
(Perata)
D - Oakland |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions governing project eligibility, matching fund requirements, and the application process relative to allocation of bond proceeds to the State-Local Partnership Program. |
| SB 240
(Florez)
D - Fresno |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would authorize the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to increase this fee by up to but not exceeding $30 for incentive-based programs to achieve surplus emissions reductions, as specified . The bill would require the Bureau of State Audits to audit the assessment of fees and expenditure of funds pursuant to these provisions and require the state board to assess the use of these fees in achieving and maintaining state and federal ambient air standards. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 300
(Corbett)
D - San Leandro |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 07/02/2007) | Would authorize the department to expend $30,000,000 to fund grants that are overseen and awarded by the State Water Resources Control Board to local governments or nonprofit agencies to reduce beverage containers and litter that ends up in the San Francisco Bay through wind or storm drains, thereby making an appropriation. |
| SB 412
(Simitian)
D - Palo Alto |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/30/2007) | Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information. The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 463
(Negrete McLeod)
D - Montclair |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was U. & C. on 06/07/2007) | Would impose a limit on the price for kilowatthours in a purchase agreement. |
| SB 494
(Kehoe)
D - San Diego |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was TRANS. on 07/09/2007) | This bill would require the CARB and the CEC, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies, to develop and adopt regulations to ensure that, by January 1, 2015, ___ percentage of new passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in California each year are clean alternative vehicles, and that commencing January 1, 2020, 1/2 of new passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in California each year are clean alternative vehicles. |
| SB 509
(Simitian)
D - Palo Alto |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 560, Statutes of 2008 | Would require the department to establish a Toxics Information Clearinghouse for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of specific chemical hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-point data. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment would be required, by January 1, 2011, to evaluate and specify the hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-points and any other relevant data that are to be included in the clearinghouse. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 531
(Oropeza)
D - Redondo Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reform the regulation of emissions of toxic air pollutants. |
| SB 532
(Oropeza)
D - Redondo Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Existing law known as the Oil transfer and Transportation Emission and Risk Reduction Act of 2002 contains legislative findings and declarations relative to the environmental and other effects of the shipment of oil along the California Coast. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. |
| SB 572
(Cogdill)
R - Fresno |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation urging the state board to consider emissions created by catastrophic wildfire, as well as the benefits created by carbon sequestration within forests. |
| SB 577
(Oropeza)
D - Redondo Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would make a nonsubstantive, technical change to that provision. |
| SB 587
(Runner)
R - Lancaster |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last locations was E.Q. | Would also exempt printing, coating, adhesive application, or laminating equipment, as specified, from that permit requirement. The bill would limit this exemption to (1) equipment whose volatile organic compound emissions are no greater than 3 pounds per day or 66 pounds per calendar month, (2) equipment that employs ultraviolet (UV) or electric beam (EB) type materials and the total amount of inks, coatings, adhesives, or organic solvents used in this equipment, including in the cleanup, is no more than 6 gallons per day or 132 gallons per calendar month, and (3) equipment that employs UV or EB type materials that contain no more than 50 grams of volatile organic compounds per liter of material and use cleanup solvents containing no more than 50 grams of volatile organic compounds per liter of material. The bill would also correct an erroneous cross-reference. |
| SB 732
(Steinberg)
D - Sacramento |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 729, Statutes of 2008 | Would require the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Fish and Game, and the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy, when implementing the provisions of the initiative, among other things, to develop and adopt guidelines and regulations, consult with other entities, conduct studies, and follow certain procedures for establishing a project, grant, loan, or other financial assistance program implementing the initiative. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 763
(Ridley-Thomas)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was B., P. & E.D. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would define various terms for purposes of these programs. It would additionally declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation providing that all economic development programs implemented by the agency should, at the discretion of the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, adopt specified objectives. |
| SB 817
(Ducheny)
D - Chula Vista |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was E.Q. (05/02/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would additionally include, in the exemption from the requirement for obtaining a hazardous waste facilities permit, a hazardous waste treatment activity in which the generator treats spent photoimaging solutions that are hazardous solely due to their silver content, if specified conditions are met. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 857
(Correa)
D - Santa Ana |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was E.Q. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would authorize the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District to prepare a study and report to the Legislature, as specified, on the dollar amount that would be appropriate to authorize a tax credit for the purchase or replacement of qualified property, as defined, that is placed into service for the purpose of reducing air pollution. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 908
(Simitian)
D - Palo Alto |
Vetoed by the Governor | This bill would add the topic of “climate change” to an existing list of environmental education topics that must be included in the State Board of Education’s (SBE) and the California Department of Education’s (CDE) science framework. The CIWMB’s Office of Education and the Environment (OEE), in conjunction with Cal/EPA, is in the process of creating an environment-based K-12 curriculum for the science framework, also known as the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI). |
| SB 932
(Ashburn)
R - Bakersfield |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to prepare, adopt, and revise a listing of wastes that are determined to be hazardous or extremely hazardous, for regulation pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Control Laws. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision. |
| SB 958
(Margett)
R - Glendora |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(3). Last location was RLS. (05/14/2007 marked 2 YEAR) | Would declare that these provisions shall be known, and may be cited as, the Hazardous Waste Control Law. |
| SB 974
(Lowenthal)
D - Long Beach |
Vetoed by the Governor | Would require the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland to collect a user fee from the owner of container cargo moving through the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, or the Port of Oakland at a rate of $30 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU). This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1012
(Kehoe)
D - San Diego |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was THIRD READING on 08/31/2008) | Would extend until January 1, 2013, the self-generation incentive program for nonsolar distributed generation resources and requires the commission to limit the eligibility for incentives pursuant to the program to distributed generation resources that the commission determines support the state's goals for the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. The bill would require that combined heat and power units meet certain efficiency and emissions requirements, including the greenhouse gases emission performance standard, to receive incentives. The bill would require a customer receiving incentives for a combined heat and power unit to adequately maintain and service the unit so that during operation, the unit continues to meet or exceed the efficiency and emissions requirements. The bill would require the commission to ensure that distributed generation resources are made available in the program for all ratepayers. The bill would require the commission to provide from existing program funds, an additional incentive of 20% for the installation of eligible distributed generation resources that are manufactured in California by companies that maintain their principal place of business in California. The bill would prohibit recovery of the costs of the program from ratepayers that participate in the California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program. The bill would delete the authorization for the PUC, in administering the program, to adjust the amount of rebates and evaluate other public policy interests and energy efficiency and environmental interests. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1016
(Wiggins)
D - Eureka |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 343, Statutes of 2008 | Would move the IWMB from the existing solid waste diversion accounting system to a per capita disposal based system. Would also revise the reporting and review process so that jurisdictions determined to be in compliance with the 50% diversion requirement would be subject to a review every four years, while those not in compliance would continue to be reviewed every two years. Parallel requirements for state agencies. |
| SB 1165
(Kuehl)
D - Los Angeles |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was THIRD READING | Would authorize a person to submit information or other comments to the lead agency and require the lead agency to consider and retain communications made to the lead agency or its consultants. The bill would require the lead agency to retain, in the ordinary course of business, administrative drafts, as defined, of its EIR, negative declaration, or mitigated negative declarations that are circulated among the project applicant and any public agencies when the draft EIR, negative declaration, or mitigated negative declaration is available for public comment. The bill would require the lead agency, which includes a local agency, to retain any administrative draft, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by requiring an increase in the level of service provided by a local agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1174
(Lowenthal)
D - Long Beach |
Vetoed by the Governor | Would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to convene a Quiet Motorized Road Vehicle and Safe Mobility Committee comprised of representatives from specified entities to research, identify, and make recommendations to the commission on strategies to ensure that all motorized road vehicles, regardless of engine type or configuration, emit sound sufficient to be heard and localized by pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired. The bill would require the committee to conduct the research in a specified manner, including first conducting laboratory research to determine the intensity and spectral characteristics of vehicular sounds, comparing the intensity and spectral characteristics of noise emissions of different types of relatively quiet vehicles and the requirements of blind and visually impaired pedestrians, conducting a synthesis and review of vehicle detection technologies, conducting focus group research, developing prototype vehicular sensing systems, and evaluating these systems. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| SB 1240
(Machado)
D - Sacramento |
Vetoed by Governor | Would delete that notification requirement and instead require a real estate broker who, among other things, makes, arranges, or services loans secured by residential real property to notify the department in writing, as specified, to pay specified penalties for failing to provide that notification, and to notify the department when he or she is no longer subject to this requirement. The bill would also require these brokers to keep documents and records that will enable the commissioner to determine whether specified functions performed by them comply with the Real Estate Law. The bill would authorize the commissioner to inspect and examine or audit the business documents and records of a real estate broker or salesperson in this regard after reasonable notice. The bill would also authorize the commissioner to require special reports from time to time from these brokers. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1277
(Maldonado)
R - San Luis Obispo |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 398, Statutes of 2008 | This bill would require, on or before September 1, 2010, the CIWMB, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the State Department of Public Health (DPH), to prepare a study on the effects of synthetic turf and natural turf on the environment and the public health. |
| SB 1278
(Maldonado)
R - San Luis Obispo |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). Last location was E. U., & C. | Would establish the Green Neighborhood Grant Act, to be administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Under the act, up to 3 grants would be awarded annually to private developers for residential development projects that have been certified by the Building Industry Institute as complying with the California Green Builder Program. Each grant would reimburse the developer for up to 1.5% of the total development cost of a certified residential development project. No more than one grant would be awarded annually to a developer for a residential development project located in a city with a population of greater than 1,000,000. Money for the grants would be paid from the General Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature. |
| SB 1324
(Battin)
R - Moreno Valley |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). Last location was RLS. | The Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (renewable portfolio standard). The renewables portfolio standard program requires that a retail seller of electricity, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, purchase a specified minimum percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year. This bill would make a technical and nonsubstantive change in the above-described renewables portfolio standard program requirements. |
| SB 1357
(Padilla)
D - Van Nuys |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 697, Statutes of 2008 | Would additionally authorize the department to expend up to $20,000,000 from July 1, 2009, to January 1, 2012, inclusive, for either grants for beverage container recycling and litter reduction programs or focused, regional community beverage container recycling and litter reduction programs that meet specified requirements, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require a grant recipient to submit a report to the department and would require the department to publish an evaluation of grants made pursuant to these provisions, including a summary of those reports. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1358
(Oropeza)
D - Redondo Beach |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). Last location was RLS. | Under existing law, various state agencies administer programs relating to public health and the environment. This bill expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would relate to public health and the environment. |
| SB 1391
(Padilla)
D - Van Nuys |
Vetoed by the Governor | Would require the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a statewide recycled water policy by January 31, 2009, and to make related recommendations. This bill would provide that, if the statewide recycled water policy requires the state board to prepare any additional documentation required under specified law, this deadline for adoption would not apply. |
| SB 1473
(Calderon)
D - Montebello |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 719, Statutes of 2008 | Would require the CBSC to adopt, approve, codify, update, and publish green building standards for any occupancy for which no state agency has the authority or expertise to propose those standards. Directs local governments to collect a fee of $4 per $100K in valuation from building permit applicants to fund the development, adoption, publication, and educational efforts for green building standards. |
| SB 1574
(Florez)
D - Fresno |
Vetoed by the Governor | Would specify interim standards for underground storage tanks that contain biodiesel blends. Would also define biodiesel and biodiesel blends. |
| SB 1625
(Corbett)
D - San Leandro |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was RLS. on 08/22/2008) | Would rename the act as the California Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. The bill would define the term "plastic bottle" as an individual rigid or semirigid container with a body consisting primarily of plastic and with a neck narrower than the body in which one gallon or less of any nonbeverage and nonfood product is sold. The bill would define the term "CRV container" to mean a beverage container or a plastic bottle and would provide that the term "beverage container," when used in the act, means a CRV container. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
| SB 1670
(Kehoe)
D - San Diego |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 08/08/2008) | if approved by the voters at the November 4, 2008, statewide general election, would enact the Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction State Building Trust Fund Act of 2008 to authorize the issuance of $2 billion in state general obligation bonds . The proceeds from the bonds sold would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used for the implementation of programs to reduce the energy used by state entities for state-owned and long-term leased buildings; to assist state entities in retrocommissioning and recommissioning state-funded buildings with the goal of ensuring that energy and resource consuming equipment with a United States Environmental Protection ENERGY STAR rating of at least 75 are installed and operated at optimal efficiency; and to assist public colleges and universities in financing energy efficiency measures consistent with the Green Building Action Plan. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 1754
(Kehoe)
D - San Diego |
Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 543, Statutes of 2008 | Would additionally authorize the authority to purchase alternative source energy or projects for sale to a specified participating party and to make a loan to a participating party to purchase alternative source energy or projects. The bill would require the authority to ensure that a financed project is limited to resources that the authority determines support the state's goals for the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases. The bill would specify that certain activities performed for projects financed by bonds for power purchase agreements are subject to requirements for public works projects. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions. |
| SB 1759
(Perata)
D - Oakland |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). Last location was RLS. | Would make specified legislative findings and declarations regarding the proposed construction of fossil-fuel electricity generating facilities and renewable energy resources. This bill contains other existing laws. |
| SB 1781
(Committee on Environmental Quality)
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Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 696, Statutes of 2008 | As it relates to the CIWMB, this bill would clarify several portions of the waste and used tire hauler statutes, resulting in more efficient and cost-effective enforcement of those requirements. |
| SCA 2
(Simitian)
D - Palo Alto |
Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was N.R. & W. on 01/25/2007) | Would establish requirements for the amendment or repeal of a bond measure designated as the "Clean Drinking Water, Water Supply Security, and Environmental Improvement Bond Act of 2007" to be submitted to the voters at an unspecified statewide election. This bill contains other related provisions. |
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