---
type: "Bill"
title: "Climate change: Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty."
description: "This measure would, among other things, formally endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, state California's agreement with the principle of the nonproliferation of fossil fuels, and urge the United States government to join in formally developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SJR 2"
citation: "California SJR 2 (20232024)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Climate change", "Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6b9a0eb-e35e-4b75-b763-052a3eefb5b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2"
source_hash: "7dd7f6b58ed3215144e2ef146fac8dd41fdfb2b7b3c50465a224e79f52a5a4ef"
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 SJR 2 (20232024) — Climate change: Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

This measure would, among other things, formally endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, state California's agreement with the principle of the nonproliferation of fossil fuels, and urge the United States government to join in formally developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2&version=20230SJR299INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2&version=20230SJR298AMD)
3. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2&version=20230SJR297AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2&version=20230SJR295CHP)
5. **SJR2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2)
6. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SJR2&version=20230SJR296ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SJR2 Gonzalez et al. — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To third reading. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SJR 2 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **50–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-03-30** 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`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 794.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 50. Noes 14. Page 2883.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-09-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-08** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 153, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6b9a0eb-e35e-4b75-b763-052a3eefb5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).