CA SB 298

vetoed

State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: seaports: plan: alternative fuels.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 298 pass?

No. CA SB 298 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-03-02. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 298 about?

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt rules and regulations that will achieve ambient air quality standards required by the federal Clean Air Act, as specified. Existing law requires the state board, following a noticed public hearing, to adopt airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources. Pursuant to this authority, the state board has adopted the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Fuel Sulfur and Other Operational Requirements for Ocean-Going Vessels within California Waters and 24 Nautical Miles of the California Baseline regulation to require the use of low-sulfur marine distillate fuels in order to reduce emissions of particulate matter, diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides from the use of auxiliary diesel and diesel-electric engines, main propulsion diesel engines, and auxiliary boilers on oceangoing vessels. This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in coordination with the State Lands Commission, the Transportation Agency, and the state board, to develop a plan on or before December 31, 2030, for the alternative fuel needs of oceangoing vessels that call at California's public seaports and that enables the seaports to meet their emission reduction goals. The bill would require that the plan do specified things, including, among other things, identify barriers to permitting alternative fuel facilities at seaports and opportunities to address those barriers. The bill would require the Energy Commission to convene a working group to advise the Energy Commission on the development of the information required to be included in the plan, as specified. The bill would require the state board to provide the Energy Commission with information regarding fuels for oceangoing vessels that comply with the state board's regulations for those vessels.

Who sponsors CA SB 298?

Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 298, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-02-10
Latest action: 2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-10
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-11
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-19
Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 681.) (April 7).
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2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 30.
2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 963.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1195.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1392.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-03
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES.
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2025-06-27
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3073.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-09
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-10-13
Vetoed by the Governor.
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2025-10-13
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-03-02
Stricken from file.
2026-03-02
Veto sustained.

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04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
06/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-27Compare
09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
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Votes

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2025-04-07 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Grove: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Limón: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Stern: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Dahle: other
- Strickland: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB298 Caballero et al.
2025-06-02 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Menjivar: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Reyes: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Choi: other
- Jones: other
- Hurtado: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-07 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Carrillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Hart: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Bryan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Flora: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: other
- Muratsuchi: other
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ta: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
SB 298 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Ransom
2025-09-09 · pass · 80-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
Unfinished Business SB298 Caballero et al. Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Choi: other

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