Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa.
Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa for the purpose of building upon the comparative advantage provided by the regional concentration of highly skilled energy industry workers by prioritizing access to tax incentives, grants, and loan programs, among other incentives. Existing law authorizes the Green Empowerment Zone to be composed of 9 specified cities and the County of Contra Costa, upon adoption of a resolution by the city or county, and provides for the Green Empowerment Zone to be governed by a board of directors comprised of representatives from 7 stakeholder groups, as specified.
California SB 227 (20252026) — Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa.
Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the establishment of a Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa for the purpose of building upon the comparative advantage provided by the regional concentration of highly skilled energy industry workers by prioritizing access to tax incentives, grants, and loan programs, among other incentives. Existing law authorizes the Green Empowerment Zone to be composed of 9 specified cities and the County of Contra Costa, upon adoption of a resolution by the city or county, and provides for the Green Empowerment Zone to be governed by a board of directors comprised of representatives from 7 stakeholder groups, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 227 Grayson Third Reading Urgency By Wilson — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Grayson — primary (person)
Arreguín — principal coauthor (person)
Cabaldon — author (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Wilson — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-28 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-01-29 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
2025-02-05 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-18 Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-04 Set for hearing May 7 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1038.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. referral-committee
2025-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2768.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2926.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/175228c7-59cd-45f3-82d5-8db956abe5b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).