republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1757.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands."
description: "The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level no later than December 31, 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 and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1757"
citation: "California AB 1757 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/636db21d-f6e4-4bad-8657-594622ba3572"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757"
source_hash: "9af16f0192c5446cdcf65d9401b39f4f156e7a76d6411c00da1bb0d3f5b1ce9b"
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 AB 1757 (20212022) — California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level no later than December 31, 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 and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175799INT)
2. **03/10/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175798AMD)
3. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175797AMD)
4. **05/10/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175796AMD)
5. **08/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175795AMD)
6. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175793CHP)
7. **AB1757** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757)
8. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1757&version=20210AB175794ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1757 Cristina Garcia et al. By Becker — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1757 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–15** (pass) · lower
- AB 1757 Haney Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — author (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4738.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5401.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 15.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/636db21d-f6e4-4bad-8657-594622ba3572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).