Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 18, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 941Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 17, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 38561.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 941, as amended, Skinner. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan: industrial sources of emissions.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates 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 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.This bill would require the state board, in its next update to the scoping plan, to include certain information and recommendations relating to a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available and a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2028, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2029.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 38561.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 18, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 941Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 17, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 38561.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 941, as amended, Skinner. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan: industrial sources of emissions.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates 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 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.This bill would require the state board, in its next update to the scoping plan, to include certain information and recommendations relating to a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available and a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2028, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2029.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 18, 2024
Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024
Amended IN Senate March 18, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 941
Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 17, 2024
Introduced by Senator Skinner
January 17, 2024
An act to add and repeal Section 38561.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 941, as amended, Skinner. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan: industrial sources of emissions.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates 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 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.This bill would require the state board, in its next update to the scoping plan, to include certain information and recommendations relating to a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available and a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2028, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2029.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates 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 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.
This bill would require the state board, in its next update to the scoping plan, to include certain information and recommendations relating to a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available and a discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.
This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2028, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2029.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 38561.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 38561.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 38561.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
38561.7. (a) In the next update to the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561, the state board shall include both of the following:
(1) A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, the public health and climate benefits associated with these alternatives, and the policy options for deploying these alternatives. available.
(2) (A)A discussion of industrial sources of emissions of greenhouse gases for which there are no zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available.
(B)For sources discussed in subparagraph (A), a discussion of any nascent technologies that may be able to eliminate the associated emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants if these technologies are further developed.
(3)An approximation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions that cannot currently be eliminated through existing technology along with a discussion of potential policy options to further reduce these emissions in the future.
(4)Policy recommendations for decarbonizing, to the maximum extent feasible, industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including consideration of replacement of combustion-based technologies with zero-emission and electrical technologies, among other options, as determined by the state board.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.