Legislation 2023-2024

  1. SB 1136 JLCCC Clean Up
  2. SB 1169 LA County Flood Control Bonding
  3. SB 1237 Nat Gas to Methane in codes
  4. SB 1251 Mosquito Utility Vaults
  5. SB 1252 Mosquito Abatement Research
  6. SB 1277 Teachers Collaborative Codification
  7. SB 1283 Schools Social Media Guidelines
  8. SB 1301 Natural Gas Pipeline Mapping Data
  9. SB 1305 Virtual Power Plants
  10. SB 1311 Reintro of SB 664 Grid Planning
  11. SB 1392 FIST Restoration Clock
  12. SB 1399 Tejon Ranch
  13. SB 1400 MIST Dismissal
  14. SB 1421 Office of Civil Rights
  15. SB 1444 Schools Social Media Guidelines “Let Parents Choose Act: Sammys Law”
  16. SB  1471 Period of Quiet Reflection
  17. SB 1504 Cyberbullying
  18. SB 1505 Jet Plane Registration
  19. Spot Bill SB 1506 Housing  (Green Building Standards spot bill meant for entirely different author as a favor to lobbyist)
  20. Spot Bill SB 1507 Methane OGMP 2.0 (Deadline to amend March 20)
  21. Spot Bill SB 1508 Energy (Deadline to amend March 20)
  22. SB 1509 2 Pts on Driving Record for high Speeding
  23. Spot Bill SB 1510 Energy (Deadline to amend March 20)

Senator Stern Bills Introduced During the 2023-24 Session

SB 261 Climate Related Financial Risk Disclosure.  Requires covered entities under the bill to annually prepare a climate related financial risk disclosure and post that report online, as well as, share a copy with the ARB, and share a copy with the SOS who will confirm the covered entity complied with the law. 
Status: Pending Asm Appropriations

SB 302 Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis. Allows individuals, 65 years of age and over with a chronic illness, to access medicinal cannabis in medical facilities (excluding emergency room visits) as prescribed by their physician.
Status:  Pending Asm Approps

SB 305 Aliso Canyon Recovery Account.  Requires that any money deposited into the Aliso Canyon Recovery Account be legislatively appropriated.  The bill is needed because the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will soon be reviewing a Settlement Agreement from SoCalGas, when approved by the PUC will see $71 million dollars deposited into the account.  This bill will help determine how those funds are best utilized. 
Status: Pending in Assembly Approps

SB 515 School Shade Structure.  This bill would reduce the cost and streamline the process for installing schoolyard shade structures. Specifically, it allows these projects to be exempted from expensive “path of travel” requirements when later, unrelated repairs or construction projects on the campus exceed the valuation threshold and trigger path of travel requirements.
Status: Pending Assembly Floor

SB 539 Sepulveda Basin. This bill requires the Department of Water Resources and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy be part of any design projects for the Sepulveda Basin, and include nature based solutions into the design plan. 
Status: Asm Suspense

SB 572 Natural Gas/Energy Price Spike and Planning. This bill would require the PUC and Energy Commission, in coordination with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Public Advocate’s Office of the PUC, to ensure that gas and electrical corporations, maintain safe and reliable energy at just and reasonable rates consistent with, the state’s climate and energy goals. Including the consideration of imposing additional requirements to protect ratepayers from price spikes and the risk of windfall profiteering and market manipulation.
Status: Pending asm appropriations

SB 664 Clean renewable and zero carbon energy.  This bill requires the California Energy Commission to ensure that the “demand forecasts” in the Integrated Energy Policy Report include multi-day extreme and atypical weather events and include, at a minimum, one-in-10-year, one-in-20-year, and one-in-40 year peak demand forecasts.   
Status: Pending Asm Appropriations

SB 717 Mental Health Services. This bill would
Status: Pending Asm Appropriations

SB 720 Jet plane Passenger Capacity Deficiency Penalty.  This bill would prohibit private or charter flights from departing with less than 50% of its passenger capacity filled unless the flight is verified to be carbon neutral. It would create a penalty for any flights that violate this prohibition.  
Status: Pending Senate Floor

SB 779 Primary Health Clinics Data Sets. This bill would increase accountability, quality, and transparency in health care by updating annual data reporting for licensed primary care clinics. Specifically, the bill would amend California Health and Safety Code sections relating to data collection for primary care clinics.  This legislation will focus on modernizing data collection in clinic workforce and the quality of patient care.
Status: Pending Asm Appropriations

SB 781 Natural Gas Out of State Emissions.  This bill would require state agencies to prioritize reductions of methane emissions, including emissions from imported natural gas. The bill would also require, no later than December 31, 2025, that natural gas procured on behalf of state agencies be certified as producing low-methane emissions, and would require CARB to quantify and publish annually, beginning 2025, an estimate of potential greenhouse gas emissions reductions associated with the use of natural gas.
Status: Pending Asm Suspense

SB 795 HVAC Repository and Database (light). This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop and implement an electronic statewide HVAC equipment sales registry and compliance tracking system as well as an electronic statewide compliance document data repository
Status: In Asm Appropriations

SCA 2 17 year olds right to vote.  This bill would place before voters on the ballot a 
CA Constitutional Amendment to grant voting rights in all public elections to all CA  citizens beginning at age 17 
Status: Held in Senate Appropriations 

Two Year Bill SB 845 Let Parents Choose Act (Social Media Platforms Oversight).  This bill would 
Status: Pending Sen. Judiciary in 2024

Two Year Bill SB 849 Spot bill on air quality at the ports (SCAQMD).  Sorting it out still
Status: Pending referral 

SB 12 55% GHG emissions reductions by 2030. Increase the state’s GHG emissions reduction goal from 40% by 2030, to instead 55% by 2030.
Status: HELD ON SUSPENSE

SB 851 Self Generation Incentive Program.  Makes changes to the Self Generation Incentive Program, modifying the program to broaden the use of renewable generation paired with energy storage.  The bill also requires the PUC to establish new technology guidelines to benefit renters, and functional needs populations with a system to equitably award incentives to low-income households.  The PUC would also establish a block grant structure and associated guidelines for California Indian tribes, and direct-service non-profits to deploy renewable generation and energy storage solutions to low-income households. 
Status: HELD ON SUSPENSE