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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hydrogen production facilities: certification and environmental review."
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description: "(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires preparation of specified documentation before a public agency approves or carries out certain projects. Existing law authorizes the Governor to certify energy infrastructure projects meeting specified requirements for streamlining benefits related to CEQA. Existing law defines \"energy infrastructure project\" for these purposes to include eligible renewable energy resources under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, excluding resources that use biomass fuels. Existing law also expressly excludes from that definition of \"energy infrastructure project\" any project using hydrogen as a fuel."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 1420"
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citation: "California SB 1420 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hydrogen production facilities", "certification and environmental review"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a68651-fd9f-4ba4-8717-ef88722a197c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420"
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source_hash: "4f4d09432874f317c5c0a19af279c50fa47008b631c0d99382c3a9e7024540d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1420 (20232024) — Hydrogen production facilities: certification and environmental review.
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(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires preparation of specified documentation before a public agency approves or carries out certain projects. Existing law authorizes the Governor to certify energy infrastructure projects meeting specified requirements for streamlining benefits related to CEQA. Existing law defines "energy infrastructure project" for these purposes to include eligible renewable energy resources under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, excluding resources that use biomass fuels. Existing law also expressly excludes from that definition of "energy infrastructure project" any project using hydrogen as a fuel.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142099INT)
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2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142098AMD)
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3. **04/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142097AMD)
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4. **04/30/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142096AMD)
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5. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142095AMD)
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6. **06/24/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142094AMD)
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7. **07/08/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142093AMD)
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8. **08/26/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142092AMD)
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9. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142090CHP)
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10. **SB1420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420)
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11. **09/06/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1420&version=20230SB142091ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB1420 Caballero et al. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1420 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **60–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB1420 Caballero et al. Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Caballero — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — author (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — author (person)
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- Newman — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
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- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** Set for hearing April 3.
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- **2024-03-20** 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`
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- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3468.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2024-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3702.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
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- **2024-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2024-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3983.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 4131.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 6493.)
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- **2024-08-26** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 1. Page 7110.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5802.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 608, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47a68651-fd9f-4ba4-8717-ef88722a197c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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