California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit.
(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 approve 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.
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California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit.
California SB 32 (20152016) — California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit.
(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 approve 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.
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.
2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2015-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-03-17 Set for hearing April 15.
2015-03-19 April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 29.
2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 857.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1146.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 Ordered to second reading.
2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 45. Noes 28. Page 2896.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
2015-09-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 44. Noes 21. Page 5986.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 6083.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5338.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2016-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1037ad1-7040-4d4d-b701-16631d62e74d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).