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CA SB 88

vetoed

Air resources: carbon emissions: biomass.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 88 pass?

No. CA SB 88 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 88 about?

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Existing law requires the state board, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to develop a standardized system for quantifying the direct carbon emissions and decay from fuel reduction activities for purposes of meeting the accounting requirements for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund expenditures, as specified. This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2028, to publish on its internet website an assessment of the life-cycle emissions from alternative uses of forest and agricultural biomass residues, as specified. The bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2029, to publish on its internet website a strategy to support beneficial carbon removal products, including, but not limited to, biochar, that are generated from agricultural or forest biomass resources. The bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to require, to the extent feasible, all state-funded forest health projects to include an appropriate forest biomass resource disposal component that includes a scientifically based, verifiable method to determine the amount of biomass to be physically removed and the amount to be burned by prescribed burn. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to include the value proposition of using agricultural and forest biomass resources for low- and negative-carbon liquid and gaseous fuels, including hydrogen, from noncombustion conversion technology methods and other emerging and innovative approaches in relevant reports and other agency-sponsored documentation.

Who sponsors CA SB 88?

Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 88, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Existing law requires the state board, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to develop a standardized system for quantifying the direct carbon emissions and decay from fuel reduction activities for purposes of meeting the accounting requirements for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund expenditures, as specified. This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2028, to publish on its internet website an assessment of the life-cycle emissions from alternative uses of forest and agricultural biomass residues, as specified. The bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2029, to publish on its internet website a strategy to support beneficial carbon removal products, including, but not limited to, biochar, that are generated from agricultural or forest biomass resources. The bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to require, to the extent feasible, all state-funded forest health projects to include an appropriate forest biomass resource disposal component that includes a scientifically based, verifiable method to determine the amount of biomass to be physically removed and the amount to be burned by prescribed burn. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to include the value proposition of using agricultural and forest biomass resources for low- and negative-carbon liquid and gaseous fuels, including hydrogen, from noncombustion conversion technology methods and other emerging and innovative approaches in relevant reports and other agency-sponsored documentation.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Caballeroauthor
  • Cabaldoncoauthor
  • Graysoncoauthor
  • Floracoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  3. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by the Governor.

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  4. 2025-10-03

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  5. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  6. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  7. 2025-09-09

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3083.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  12. 2025-07-02

    July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-06-25

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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  15. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  16. 2025-06-03

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1399.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 23).

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  21. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  22. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  24. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 838.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2025-04-21

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  26. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  27. 2025-04-03

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  28. 2025-03-20

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  29. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 421.) (March 19).

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  30. 2025-03-07

    Set for hearing March 19.

  31. 2025-03-06

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

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  32. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and N.R. & W.

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  33. 2025-01-23

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.

  34. 2025-01-22

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

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Versions

  • 01/22/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-22Compare
  • 03/06/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-06Compare
  • 03/20/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-20Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-25Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • SB88Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]

    2025-03-19 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Hurtado: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Wahab: other

  • 3rd Reading SB88 Caballero et al.

    2025-06-02 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: 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
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: other
    • Hurtado: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Hoover: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Zbur: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0

    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: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • SB 88 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry

    2025-09-09 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Lee: other
    • Zbur: other

  • Unfinished Business SB88 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    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
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

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