BILL NUMBER: AB 2313INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add Section 39733 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2313, as introduced, Williams. Renewable natural gas. Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards, to conduct research into the causes of and solution to air pollution, and to systematically attack the serious problem caused by motor vehicles. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. This bill would require the state board to study and evaluate a strategy or strategies to increase the instate production and use of renewable natural gas, as defined, to further specified goals. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 39733 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 39733. (a) For purposes of this section, "renewable natural gas" means a finished fuel derived from organic waste or other renewable sources, including, but not limited to, biogas, as defined in Section 25420, and synthetic natural gas generated from an eligible feedstock, as determined by the state board. (b) The state board shall study and evaluate a strategy or strategies to increase the instate production and use of renewable natural gas to further achieves the state's air quality, climate, renewable energy, waste diversion, and petroleum reduction goals.