Local government: Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.
(1) Existing law, until December 1, 2015, creates the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority (authority) . Existing law provides for the authority to be governed by the same board as that governing the Sonoma County Transportation Authority and imposes certain duties on the authority. Existing law authorizes the authority to perform coordination and implementation activities within the boundaries of the County of Sonoma, in cooperation with local agencies, as defined, that elect to participate, to assist those agencies in meeting their greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Existing law authorizes the authority to develop, coordinate, and implement programs and policies to comply with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and other federal or state mandates and programs designed to respond to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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California Legislature
20112012
AB 693
California AB 693 (20112012)
bill
Local government: Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.
California AB 693 (20112012) — Local government: Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.
(1) Existing law, until December 1, 2015, creates the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority (authority) . Existing law provides for the authority to be governed by the same board as that governing the Sonoma County Transportation Authority and imposes certain duties on the authority. Existing law authorizes the authority to perform coordination and implementation activities within the boundaries of the County of Sonoma, in cooperation with local agencies, as defined, that elect to participate, to assist those agencies in meeting their greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Existing law authorizes the authority to develop, coordinate, and implement programs and policies to comply with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and other federal or state mandates and programs designed to respond to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2011-03-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-28 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1472.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2011-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-05-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
2012-07-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 4477.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-16 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2012-08-22 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 22). committee-passage
2012-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 6212.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39086570-5430-42fc-a98c-4c32434c129f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).