republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1030.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority."
description: "Existing law, until December 1, 2019, creates the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1030"
citation: "California SB 1030 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-12"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937ccc98-7e8b-49c3-be53-1cda24ba6b88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1030"
source_hash: "303f834467554903665775a3fbdbeda41cd87c08e59a6d6cc3780de9241911b5"
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 1030 (20152016) — Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority.

Existing law, until December 1, 2019, creates the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection 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.

1. **02/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1030&version=20150SB103099INT)
2. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1030&version=20150SB103097CHP)
3. **SB1030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1030)
4. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1030&version=20150SB103098ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1030 McGuire Senate Third Reading By DODD — **54–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-12** (Corrected February 16).
- **2016-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 3336.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3642.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 3804.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 5712.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/937ccc98-7e8b-49c3-be53-1cda24ba6b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).