republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-563.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential wood smoke."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants to achieve a reduction in methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "California SB 563 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential wood smoke."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a799f916-a5a2-41e6-b1e6-4dd571614a05"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563"
source_hash: "ed97c1c0e6649d53782df5ce58b3d507062f2d202f67de84df4858d543392f1f"
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 563 (20172018) — Residential wood smoke.

(1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants to achieve a reduction in methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563&version=20170SB56399INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563&version=20170SB56398AMD)
3. **07/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563&version=20170SB56397AMD)
4. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563&version=20170SB56395CHP)
5. **SB563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563)
6. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB563&version=20170SB56396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB563 Lara et al. Concurrence — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 563 Lara Senate Third Reading By MCCARTY — **67–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** 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`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 784.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2017-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1187.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 1349.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-12** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 4. Page 3050.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2694.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 671, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a799f916-a5a2-41e6-b1e6-4dd571614a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).