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Bill	Carbon sequestration: state goals: natural and working lands: registry of projects.	Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 27	California SB 27 (20212022)	bill	Carbon sequestration: state goals: natural and working lands: registry of projects.	enacted	Skinner	11	32	9	2020-12-07	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/12699f56-d70f-42b6-8b41-ef2124c6ee1d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB27	9f01d46b4a7371a36d1e7823489209cfe52e693cb3d76efec7d7e6294c8c7f0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 27 (20212022) — Carbon sequestration: state goals: natural and working lands: registry of projects.

Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/16/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB27 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB27 Skinner et al. — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB27 Skinner et al. Concurrence — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 27 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Robert Rivas — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Caballero — author (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2021-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 499.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2021-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1278.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2712.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2386.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12699f56-d70f-42b6-8b41-ef2124c6ee1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).