CA SB 613
vetoedMethane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did CA SB 613 pass?
No. CA SB 613 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Stricken from file.
What is CA SB 613 about?
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires all state agencies to consider and implement strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This bill would additionally require state agencies to prioritize strategies to reduce methane emissions, including emissions from imported petroleum and natural gas, where feasible and cost effective. The bill would require the state board to encourage natural gas procurement on behalf of the state to shift to certified natural gas producing low methane emissions. The bill would also authorize the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to apply approved protocols that measure, monitor, report, and verify methane emissions to existing programs to reduce methane emissions, including emissions from imported petroleum and natural gas procured by utilities and other large gas users, as provided. The bill would also authorize the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to use all relevant sources and standards, including, but not limited to, emissions data, models, or protocols from existing or new regulations.
Who sponsors CA SB 613?
Stern is the primary sponsor of CA SB 613, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires all state agencies to consider and implement strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This bill would additionally require state agencies to prioritize strategies to reduce methane emissions, including emissions from imported petroleum and natural gas, where feasible and cost effective. The bill would require the state board to encourage natural gas procurement on behalf of the state to shift to certified natural gas producing low methane emissions. The bill would also authorize the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to apply approved protocols that measure, monitor, report, and verify methane emissions to existing programs to reduce methane emissions, including emissions from imported petroleum and natural gas procured by utilities and other large gas users, as provided. The bill would also authorize the state board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant agencies to use all relevant sources and standards, including, but not limited to, emissions data, models, or protocols from existing or new regulations.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-03-02 — Stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Sternauthor
- Zburcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-02
Stricken from file.
2026-03-02
Veto sustained.
2025-10-03
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-03
Vetoed by the Governor.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3021.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 3391.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-10
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-06-30
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-06-27
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2025-06-16
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & E.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1506.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1206.) (May 23).
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-29
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-28
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 811.) (April 21).
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2025-04-28
April 21 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 635.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-03-11
Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-05
Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and E., U & C.
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2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
2025-04-02 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Pérez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-21 · pass · 13-3
Member-level votes (17)
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Grayson: other
[04-22-2025] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted
2025-04-21 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: 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 as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Grove: yes
- Niello: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Jones: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Laird: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: other
- Choi: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]
2025-07-07 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (14)
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Flora: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Haney: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: no
- Hoover: other
- Garcia: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-09 · pass · 15-2
Member-level votes (18)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Chen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: other
Do pass.
2025-08-29 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: other
SB 613 Stern Senate Third Reading By Zbur
2025-09-12 · pass · 54-14
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Hoover: other
- Nguyen: other
- Ramos: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Jackson: other
- Soria: other
- Pacheco: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
- Ta: other
Unfinished Business SB613 Stern et al. Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Jones: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: other
- Valladares: other
- Choi: other
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