Amended in Senate March 28, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1125

Introduced by Senators Pavley and Lara

(Coauthor: Senator Leno)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Lowenthal)

February 19, 2014

An act to add begin delete and repeal end delete Section begin delete 39607.6 of end delete begin insert 38551.5 to end insert the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1125, as amended, Pavley. begin delete Greenhouse gases: end delete begin insert California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: end insert emissions reduction.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit that is equivalent to the 1990 level to be achieved by 2020. The act requires the state board to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue begin insert the end insert reduction of greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.

This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2016, and in consultation with specified entities, to develop begin delete and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report containing recommendations on a timetable of end delete reduction targets begin delete of end delete begin insert for end insert greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants begin delete with high global warming potentials beyond 2020 end delete begin insert , as defined, for 2030 end insert . begin insert The bill would require the state board to report to the Legislature on those targets. end insert The bill begin delete would repeal the above provision end delete begin insert , end insert on January 1, 2020 begin insert , would declare inoperative the requirement that the state board report to the Legislature end insert .

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 begin delete 39607.6 end delete begin insert 38551.5 end insert is added to the Health
and Safety Code, to read:

begin delete 39607.6. end delete
begin insert 38551.5. end insert   

(a) For begin delete the end delete purposes of this section, “short-lived
climate pollutant” means an agent that has a relatively short lifetime
in the atmosphere, from a few days to a few decades, and a
warming influence on the climate begin insert with high global warming
potentials end insert .

(b) On or before January 1, 2016, the state board begin insert , in consultation
with the Climate Action Team, other relevant state and local
agencies, and interested stakeholders, end insert shall begin delete , in consultation with
the Climate Action Team, other relevant state and local agencies,
and interested stakeholders, in an open and public process, develop
and submit to the Governor and Legislature a report containing
recommendations on a timetable of reduction end delete begin insert develop, in an open
and public process, reduction end insert targets begin delete of end delete begin insert for end insert greenhouse gas
emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with high global
warming potentials begin delete beyond 2020 end delete begin insert for 2030 end insert .

(c)  begin delete The end delete begin insert In developing targets pursuant to subdivision (b), the end insert
state board begin delete , in developing the timetable of reduction targets end delete shall
consider begin delete emissions reduction trajectories that do end delete begin insert a level of statewide
reductions for 2030 that achieves end insert all of the following:

(1)  begin delete Mitigate end delete begin insert Promotes cooperation and collaboration with other
states, the federal government, and other nations or jurisdictions
to mitigate end insert medium- and long-term risks of global climate change
and associated adverse impacts on health, safety, and welfare in
begin delete California end delete begin insert the state in furtherance of Section 38564 end insert .

(2)  begin delete Advance California’s end delete begin insert Advances the state’s end insert economic
competitiveness by minimizing leakage and stimulating innovation.

(3) Significantly begin delete mitigate end delete begin insert mitigates end insert adverse public health impacts
in disadvantaged communities through reductions of short-lived
climate pollutants, begin delete or end delete in concert with other regulations limiting the
emissions of criteria or toxic air pollutants begin delete under this division end delete
begin insert pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 39000) end insert .

(d)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert The begin delete report to be submitted end delete begin insert state board shall report end insert to
the Legislature begin delete pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code end delete begin insert the targets
developed pursuant to this section end insert .

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(e) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2020.

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(2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.

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(3) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to
paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

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