SB 193 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs.

SB 193 is a procedural bill that states the California Legislature's intent to later enact statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2025. It does not make any specific budget changes or affect any individuals or programs directly. The bill merely expresses legislative intent for future budget-related statutory updates and has no fiscal impact or funding provisions. This is a standard procedural step to signal future legislative action on budget matters.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Aug 30, 2026

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08/28/26 - Amended Assembly → SB193 · 3 edits

MINOR

This diff reflects a change in document format rather than a substantive policy change. The old version was the full legislative text of SB 193 as amended in the Assembly on August 28, 2026, presented with line numbers and page headers. The new version is a web-based presentation of the same bill from the California Legislative Information site, adding navigation elements, search fields, and metadata while retaining the same legislative content.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a traditional legislative text layout (with line numbers, page headers, and full statutory language) to a web page presentation that includes site navigation, search functionality, bill metadata, and links to related pages such as votes, history, and bill analysis.

Web page elements were added including navigation links (home, accessibility, FAQ, feedback, sitemap, login), a quick search field for bill number or keyword, version tracking information, and a publication date of August 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM.

The full line-by-line statutory text with numbered lines and page headers (pages 2 through 18+) was removed from the visible portion, replaced by a web layout that shows the digest and the beginning of the bill text without the traditional legislative formatting.

01/23/25 - Introduced → 08/28/26 - Amended Assembly · 13 edits · Aug 28, 2026

MAJOR

SB 193 was transformed from a placeholder bill expressing only legislative intent into a comprehensive budget-related bill that restructures the allocation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund moneys, adds new funding priorities including state operations costs and a $1 billion legislative reserve with specific allocations, splits the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program appropriation between two agencies, removes fixed percentage splits for Cal Fire funding, extends the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program to 2031, and authorizes Caltrans administrative support for transit programs.

Scope change

The bill expanded from a single-section intent statement with no operative provisions to a multi-code amendment spanning the Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Public Resources Code, and Public Utilities Code, making it a substantive budget-related appropriation bill with immediate effect.

FISCAL

Requires interest income earned on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund moneys to be deposited into the fund, increasing available resources.

Adds state operations costs (as proposed by the Department of Finance) and administrative costs to the first priority level for allocation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Reserves $1 billion for legislative appropriation in the annual Budget Act, with stated intent to allocate $125 million for transit passes, $25 million for a UC Climate Research Center, $15 million for rebuilding Topanga Park, and $85 million for a climate-focused technological innovation entity in fiscal year 2026-27.

Splits the $800 million Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program appropriation into $560 million to the Housing Development and Finance Committee for affordable rental or owner-occupied housing projects and $240 million to the Strategic Growth Council for sustainable communities investments including reducing vehicle miles traveled.

Removes the fixed 82.5% and 17.5% allocation split for the $200 million continuously appropriated to Cal Fire, replacing it with language allowing use for 'any of' the listed activities (healthy forest programs or prescribed fire projects) without a mandatory percentage division.

Authorizes the High-Speed Rail Authority to use its $1 billion continuous appropriation for state operations costs including administration, in addition to construction and capital costs.

Transfers $130 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund.

Appropriates $3 million for the establishment (and operations, in the 2027-28 version) of the Legislative Counsel Climate Bureau.

TIMELINE

Extends the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program from December 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031. Requires non-committed funds to be spent or returned by December 1, 2026, and committed funds (as of August 31, 2026) to be encumbered by December 1, 2028, liquidated by December 1, 2029, and returned by January 30, 2030.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the Department of Finance to provide detailed lists of proposed state operations costs to legislative budget subcommittees and the Legislative Analyst's Office by January 10, 2027 and annually thereafter, identifying department, funding amount, positions, contracts, and budget change proposal names.

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide administrative support for both the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program and the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.

SCOPE

Creates a two-phase allocation structure: Section 39719.4 as amended applies for fiscal year 2026-27 (with the $1 billion legislative reserve), while a new Section 39719.4 takes effect July 1, 2027 and applies starting fiscal year 2027-28 with a simplified structure that removes the specific allocations from the $1 billion reserve.

ENFORCEMENT

Changes the bill's appropriation designation from 'no' to 'yes' and fiscal committee designation from 'no' to 'yes', reflecting that the amended bill makes actual appropriations.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

28–10

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Mar 20, 2025

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

10 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Aug 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 461.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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