CaliforniaAir resources: carbon emissions: biomass.
What it does
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030.
More detail
Existing law requires the state board, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to develop a standardized system for quantifying the direct carbon emissions and decay from fuel reduction activities for purposes of meeting the accounting requirements for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund expenditures, as specified.
This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2028, to publish on its internet website an assessment of the life-cycle emissions from alternative uses of forest and agricultural biomass residues, as specified. The bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2029, to publish on its internet website a strategy to support beneficial carbon removal products, including, but not limited to, biochar, that are generated from agricultural or forest biomass resources.
The bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to require, to the extent feasible, all state-funded forest health projects to include an appropriate forest biomass resource disposal component that includes a scientifically based, verifiable method to determine the amount of biomass to be physically removed and the amount to be burned by prescribed burn. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to include the value proposition of using agricultural and forest biomass resources for low- and negative-carbon liquid and gaseous fuels, including hydrogen, from noncombustion conversion technology methods and other emerging and innovative approaches in relevant reports and other agency-sponsored documentation.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 2Veto sustained.Latest
- Mar 2Stricken from file.
- 2025
- Oct 3In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- Oct 3Vetoed by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Major
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB88 Caballero et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 88 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 9Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3083.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jun 25Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).Major
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.Minor
- Jun 3In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1399.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB88 Caballero et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 23).Major
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- May 5May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 838.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 3From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- Mar 20Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- Mar 19From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 421.) (March 19).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 7Set for hearing March 19.
- Mar 6From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Major
- Jan 29Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W.Minor
- Jan 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- Jan 22Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced