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Bill	California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated.	(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum, technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Existing law also imposes conditions on the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated, a nongovernmental entity created to assist the state board in the implementation of the act. Existing law specifies who may serve as part of the California membership of the board of directors of the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 726	California SB 726 (20132014)	bill	California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Western Climate Initiative Incorporated.	enacted	Lara	12	41	11	2013-02-22	2013-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/fd66d21d-8e6e-4ea3-a79f-1f5d18aca6bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB726	a13e65c2a7dd7543cbbfd8c7f01bffdf71f3a66d0e7088b49e331c7c3916c0ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 726 (20132014) — California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated.

(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum, technologically feasible, and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Existing law also imposes conditions on the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated, a nongovernmental entity created to assist the state board in the implementation of the act. Existing law specifies who may serve as part of the California membership of the board of directors of the Western Climate Initiative, Incorporated.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/11/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/28/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB726 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/19/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 726 Lara Senate Third Reading Amend By HERNÁNDEZ Set #1 — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 726 Lara Senate Third Reading By HERNÁNDEZ — 53–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Supp 2 SB726 Lara Concurrence — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2013-04-12 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 790.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-13 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1019.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1162.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-30 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2942.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-09 Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3032.)
• 2013-09-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-09-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-12 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3314.)
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 3316.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2440.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2013-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd66d21d-8e6e-4ea3-a79f-1f5d18aca6bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).