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Bill	Methane emissions.	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. Existing law requires the state board to complete a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1496	California AB 1496 (20152016)	bill	Methane emissions.	enacted	Thurmond	9	28	8	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/26a4618d-31d4-4bfc-8d43-a87c799d88d8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1496	8b6024f7082f291161bc27cdf8dbfe8ef7d2b7354656c1d502c4937db923eaf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1496 (20152016) — Methane emissions.

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. Existing law requires the state board to complete a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1496 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1496 Thurmond By Wieckowski — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 1496 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — 57–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1496 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thurmond — primary (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 1792.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2643.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 3070.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 604, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a4618d-31d4-4bfc-8d43-a87c799d88d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).