California Air Resources Board

Summary

Prohibits, beginning January 1, 2025, any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the State any new, not previously owned, textile articles that contain regulated PFAS, except as specified, and requires a manufacturer to use the least toxic alternative when removing regulated PFAS in textile articles to comply with these provisions. The bill requires a manufacturer of a textile article to provide persons that offer the product for sale or distribution in the State with a certificate of compliance stating that the textile article is in compliance with these provisions and does not contain any regulated PFAS.

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Would require the California Public Utilities Commission, by January 31, 2022, to open an investigation into the root causes of demand response market failures and why demand response has not reached its potential and to make recommendations for policy changes aimed at ensuring those market failures are not repeated. Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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Expands the list of eligible projects under the California Energy Commission's Energy Conservation Assistance Account (ECAA) to include installation of energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Also expands the eligible entities who can participate in the ECAA program to include California Native American tribes.

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Would require CARB, not later than January 1, 2024, to provide a report relating to indoor air quality to the Legislature, as specified. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Makes technical changes to the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations to CARB. This is the third Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2021.  

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Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill makes appropriations for CARB programs and makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB. The bill also signals the intent of the Legislature to appropriate money for zero-emission vehicles, climate resiliency, climate smart agriculture, and wildfire and forestry resiliency in a subsequent Budget Bill Junior.

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Would have required CARB, no later than January 1, 2022, to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing the best scientific information available regarding the potential adverse effects on public health from the use of natural gas in buildings in the State, as specified.  Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have codified the requirement that California install at least 1 million electric vehicle charging ports by December 31, 2030.  This would have been achieved through both an existing electric vehicle charging infrastructure assessment being conducted by the California Energy Commission, and investor‑owned utility programs on transportation electrification administered by the California Public Utilities Commission.  Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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Requires the California Public Utilities Commission, on or before March 1, 2021, to review and decide whether to approve two specific pending transportation electrification infrastructure applications and to issue a decision reauthorizing and extending programs and investments previously approved.  This bill also creates the School Building Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program that consists of:  (1) the School Reopening Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Verification and Repair Program and (2) the School Building Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture Program to be adopted by the investor-owned utilities and administered by the California Energy Commission.  The bill requires that up to 25 percent of installation crew members of any State‑funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure be certified under the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program.

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Would have made appropriations to support CARB activities and programs from various funds.  This bill also would have made re-appropriations for the purposes of extending encumbrance, expenditure, and liquidation dates for certain Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB.  Was not heard in the Assembly Budget Committee.

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