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CA AB 273

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Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: high-speed rail: infrastructure improvements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

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 in its regulation of those emissions 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. Existing law continuously appropriates 25% of the annual proceeds of the fund to the High-Speed Rail Authority for certain purposes. This bill would eliminate the continuous appropriation of 25% of the annual proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the High-Speed Rail Authority on June 30, 2026. The bill, beginning with the 2026–27 fiscal year, would instead require 25% of the annual proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to be transferred to the General Fund and for those moneys, upon appropriation, to be used to augment funding provided to local governments to improve infrastructure.

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2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES.

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  4. 2026-01-31

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

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  5. 2026-02-02

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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