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type: "Bill"
title: "Climate change: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Extreme Heat Action Plan."
description: "Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, which includes establishing a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies and the direct install program to fund certain projects, including installation of energy efficient electric appliances, energy efficiency measures, demand flexibility measures, wiring and panel upgrades, building infrastructure upgrades, efficient air-conditioning systems, ceiling fans, and other measures to protect against extreme heat, where appropriate, and remediation and safety measures to facilitate the installation of new technologies. Existing law authorizes the commission to administer the direct install program through regional direct install third-party implementers, as specified. Existing law requires that the direct install program give preference to projects in buildings that meet specified criteria. The Budget Act of 2022 appropriated $112,000,000 from the General Fund for purposes of the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "California SB 306 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Climate change", "Equitable Building Decarbonization Program", "Extreme Heat Action Plan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96cad44b-e81d-4f6d-9cd5-041735198504"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306"
source_hash: "754454cfb7bfd9356e46363a315aa4489bc2c035b038a1b9ef926f37b7ced79e"
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 306 (20232024) — Climate change: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Extreme Heat Action Plan.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, which includes establishing a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies and the direct install program to fund certain projects, including installation of energy efficient electric appliances, energy efficiency measures, demand flexibility measures, wiring and panel upgrades, building infrastructure upgrades, efficient air-conditioning systems, ceiling fans, and other measures to protect against extreme heat, where appropriate, and remediation and safety measures to facilitate the installation of new technologies. Existing law authorizes the commission to administer the direct install program through regional direct install third-party implementers, as specified. Existing law requires that the direct install program give preference to projects in buildings that meet specified criteria. The Budget Act of 2022 appropriated $112,000,000 from the General Fund for purposes of the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30699INT)
2. **03/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30698AMD)
3. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30697AMD)
4. **04/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30696AMD)
5. **04/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30695AMD)
6. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30694AMD)
7. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30693AMD)
8. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30692AMD)
9. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30690CHP)
10. **SB306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306)
11. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB306&version=20230SB30691ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB306 Caballero By Limón Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- SB 306 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **140** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Caballero — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Set for hearing March 21.
- **2023-03-16** March 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 899.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** 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 7. Noes 0. Page 1164.) (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`
- **2023-05-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1363.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 0.) (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`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3316.) 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 39. Noes 0. Page 2745.) 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 387, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96cad44b-e81d-4f6d-9cd5-041735198504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).