---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hydrofluorocarbon gases: sale or distribution."
description: "Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law provides, among other things, that certain federal prohibitions on the use of class I and class II substances shall apply, except as otherwise provided in state statute or regulation. Existing law requires the state board to expeditiously initiate a rulemaking to conform its regulations to any action by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to approve a previously prohibited hydrofluorocarbon blend for foam blowing pursuant to specified federal laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1206"
citation: "California SB 1206 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hydrofluorocarbon gases: sale or distribution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af69e76-bea1-4dd0-a7c6-5b28904c23ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206"
source_hash: "70b20a766602eb01e551521651e06dcc1adbed5233d3702867ff656c21b42e59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1206 (20212022) — Hydrofluorocarbon gases: sale or distribution.

Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law provides, among other things, that certain federal prohibitions on the use of class I and class II substances shall apply, except as otherwise provided in state statute or regulation. Existing law requires the state board to expeditiously initiate a rulemaking to conform its regulations to any action by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to approve a previously prohibited hydrofluorocarbon blend for foam blowing pursuant to specified federal laws.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120699INT)
2. **03/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120698AMD)
3. **03/29/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120697AMD)
4. **04/07/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120696AMD)
5. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120695AMD)
6. **06/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120694AMD)
7. **06/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120693AMD)
8. **08/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120692AMD)
9. **08/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120691AMD)
10. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120689CHP)
11. **SB1206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206)
12. **08/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1206&version=20210SB120690ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1206 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 1206 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Irwin — **58–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2022-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3239.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3788.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 3923.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** June 13 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 8. Page 5891.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4898.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 884, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af69e76-bea1-4dd0-a7c6-5b28904c23ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).