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Bill	Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial risk.	The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor and enforce compliance with the act. The act requires the state board to make available, and update at least annually, on its internet website the emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants for each facility that reports to the state board, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 261	California SB 261 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Greenhouse gases climate-related financial risk	enacted	Stern	11	37	9	2023-01-30	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/db890abb-553f-4d6e-bf68-ea2d774b81a4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB261	31c2d80cdf6556a85915ba27e8142cc32a06aaba7ef80b8085ca054cb6eed91e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 261 (20232024) — Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial risk.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor and enforce compliance with the act. The act requires the state board to make available, and update at least annually, on its internet website the emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants for each facility that reports to the state board, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB261 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 261 Stern Senate Third Reading By Ting — 47–17 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB261 Stern et al. — 27–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB261 Stern et al. Concurrence — 28–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)
• Becker — author (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Boerner — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — author (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-02-10 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 353.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 798.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-04-26 May 1 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1162.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 1361.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 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
• 2023-06-22 June 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 17. Page 3315.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2744.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 383, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db890abb-553f-4d6e-bf68-ea2d774b81a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).