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Bill	Low-emissions buildings and sources of heat energy.	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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions. The implementing regulations adopted by the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations and gas corporations pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1477	California SB 1477 (20172018)	bill	Low-emissions buildings and sources of heat energy.	enacted	Stern	11	37	10	2018-02-16	2018-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/30d97b9c-2683-45de-b36d-f1a6e4a34a6c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1477	9f63cae66710d32f5f9dd6c07a08fc22e8532f22d3b7567eed4c4ff05d36bf1e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1477 (20172018) — Low-emissions buildings and sources of heat energy.

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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions. The implementing regulations adopted by the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations and gas corporations pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism.

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. 04/04/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/18/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB1477 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1477 Stern et al. Concurrence — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• SB 1477 Stern Senate Third Reading By HOLDEN — 50–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)
• Friedman — 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 Coms. on E., U. & C. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2018-03-12 Set for hearing April 3.
• 2018-03-22 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
• 2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 4515.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2018-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4721.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
• 2018-05-07 May 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4311.) (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 25. Noes 12. Page 4418.) 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 NAT. RES. and U. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-18 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2018-06-18 June 18 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-05 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. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6805.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 6054.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 378, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30d97b9c-2683-45de-b36d-f1a6e4a34a6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).