2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered)
Bill Number
AB 70
Legislative Session
2025-2026
Bill Information
Category
Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management
Status
Chaptered
Author
Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia
Contact
Office of Legislative Affairs
Email
Defines pyrolysis in the Public Resources Code as the thermal decomposition of material at elevated temperatures in the absence or near absence of oxygen. Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to include pipeline biomethane converted from organic waste as eligible for procurement credit by local jurisdictions by January 1, 2027.