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AB 590 California Assembly · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Summary
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This bill would provide that moneys in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, upon appropriation, may be made available for expenditure by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the purposes of maintaining the current level of biomass power generation or geothermal energy generation in the state and revitalizing currently idle facilities in strategically located regions. The bill would establish requirements for an applicant to receive available funding for a facility's eligible electrical generation.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2015
Committee Review
Aug 2015
Assembly Passage
Jun 2015
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2015 Last action Aug 27, 2015
Floor votes · Assembly Jun 2, 2015

How they voted

70–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 72
Jun 2, 2015
D Democratic47
47 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican24
22 Yea 2
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
12
Amendments
5
Aug 27, 2015
Upper · Passed
In committee: Held under submission.
upper
Aug 17, 2015
Committee
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
upper
Jul 16, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jul 9, 2015
Committee
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
upper
Jul 8, 2015
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30).
upper
Jun 16, 2015
Committee
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
upper
Jun 11, 2015
Committee
Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and E.Q.
upper
Jun 2, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (70-0-2)
assembly
May 28, 2015
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
lower
May 28, 2015
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).
lower
May 13, 2015
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
May 5, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 4, 2015
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 30, 2015
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27).
lower
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
lower
Apr 20, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
lower
Mar 9, 2015
Committee
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & C.
lower
Feb 25, 2015
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
lower
0 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.