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Bill	Energy: biomethane: biomethane procurement.	Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1440	California SB 1440 (20172018)	bill	Energy: biomethane: biomethane procurement.	enacted	Hueso	12	35	10	2018-02-16	2018-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/c2b85b73-4cd3-496f-922a-3d23384cf92f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1440	64a0c49de5532347f911f0337c7eda168b52917fefa2e79c1964a27e47a51836	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1440 (20172018) — Energy: biomethane: biomethane procurement.

Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/23/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB1440 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 1440 Hueso Senate Third Reading By GRAYSON — 52–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB1440 Hueso et al. — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1440 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Lara — principal coauthor (person)
• Quirk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-04 Re-referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 18 in EQ. pending receipt.
• 2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 4719.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4719.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4310.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4417.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 6813.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 6124.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 739, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2b85b73-4cd3-496f-922a-3d23384cf92f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).