CaliforniaAir quality: standard: hydrogen sulfide.
What it does
Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution, and designates air pollution control districts and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law requires the state board to inventory sources of air pollution within the air basins of the state, determine the kinds and quantity of air pollutants, and monitor air pollutants in cooperation with districts and other agencies.
More detail
Existing law requires the state board to adopt standards of ambient air quality for each air basin in consideration of the public health, safety, and welfare, including, but not limited to, health, illness, irritation to the senses, aesthetic value, interference with visibility, and effects on the economy. Existing law authorizes these standards to vary from one air basin to another.
This bill would require the state board, in consultation with specified entities, to develop, as provided, a response framework that establishes best practices and guidance for addressing fugitive and natural sources of hydrogen sulfide gas and for community preparation and response to hydrogen sulfide exposure events originating from these sources. The bill would require the state board, in developing the response framework, to conduct at least 3 public workshops, including at least one located in the Tijuana River Valley region, at least one located in the Salton Sea region, and at least one selected in consultation with a community that has experienced significant hydrogen sulfide exposure. The bill would require the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to update the acute and chronic reference exposure levels for hydrogen sulfide and to develop additional health guidance values for hydrogen sulfide, if the need is identified by the state board, in consultation with the office, during development of the response framework.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 20Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 411, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 20Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 28Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6086.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB58 Padilla et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Aug 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6728.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded SB 58 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Alvarez. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 23Coauthors revised.
- Jun 22
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 15From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.Major
- May 18Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.Minor
- Jan 26In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB58 Padilla et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3285.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3268.) (January 22).Minor
- Jan 21Set for hearing January 22.
- Jan 20January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Set for hearing January 20.
- Jan 14Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jan 13From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (January 13).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Set for hearing January 13.
- Jan 5Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Minor
- Jan 5Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jan 5Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jan 5From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Major
- 2025
- May 8May 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 18Set for hearing May 14.
- Mar 4From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Major
- Jan 29Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Jan 9From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
- Jan 8Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced