California Air Resources Board

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Would have required the Ocean Protection Council (Council) by January 1, 2026, to implement a statewide voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program, as specified, for the California coast in order to reduce air pollution, the risk of fatal vessel strikes on whales, and harmful underwater acoustic impacts. The bill would have required the Council to coordinate with the coastal local air districts and consult with various entities, including CARB, on the program. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have streamlined the application and implementation process for covered grants, defined as a grand award not exceeding $20,000 with a duration not more than a year and 501(c)(3) nonprofits as the eligible recipient . The bill would have had website requirements for a State agency or third-party contractor to post application information for a covered grant and to allow completion of a covered grant application online. The bill also would have required administrators to provide outreach, including to rural, low-income, and disadvantaged communities, for covered grant programs totaling $200,000 or more. The bill would have required advanced payment of at least 50 percent of the grant award and prohibited an administrator from requiring specified receipts, reports, and insurance coverage. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required State agencies to implement Zero Trust Architecture practices through a multi-year phased approach, with increasing level of maturity culminating in 2030. The bill would have required State agencies to implement on their systems: multi-factor authentication, enterprise endpoint detection and response, and robust logging practices. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have been a general government budget trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2023 that would have made changes to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill would have authorized State bodies to hold public meetings, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, through teleconferencing and making public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to the public, as specified. The bill would have provided that a State body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. These Bagley-Keene provisions would have sunset on December 31, 2023. Was not heard in the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.

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This bill would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop a methodology for calculating cumulative emissions of cargo handling equipment (CHE) and an approval process to guarantee that ports will not need to replace their diesel fueled hybrid CHE to comply with future zero-emission CHE regulations developed by CARB. This bill also had specified application fees and reporting requirements. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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This bill would have additionally authorized investments in traffic signal synchronization as a component of a roadway improvement project requiring multiple signals, including, but not limited to, multimodal redevelopment projects, rail trail projects, urban renewal projects, or a project near transit facilities as eligible projects to be funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Would have required projects to continue to be designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in GHG emissions and includes specific emissions reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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This bill would have established a partial exemption from the State portion of the sales and use tax for the purchase of zero-emission ferries by public transit agencies through 2028. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have modified existing requirements governing published guidance the California Energy Commission must provide to help decarbonize buildings and add energy storage or electric vehicle charging capacity to buildings. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB, prior to December 31, 2024, to complete an assessment of renewable hydrogen production, distribution, transmission, as defined by CARB, and application within the State. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission to allocate funding from the Clean Transportation Program to help build a statewide publicly available hydrogen fueling station network based on CARB's estimation of need. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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