California Air Resources Board

Authorizes the California Energy Commission to modify requirements for electric vehicle charger payment systems formerly set by CARB.

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Would have required CARB to establish the Marine Carbon Initiative, consisting of the Marine Carbon Council and the Marine Carbon Research Program. The bill requires CARB to select the seven members of the Marine Carbon Council by August 1, 2027, as specified, and requires the Council to advance the science and understanding of marine carbon dioxide removal and sequestration methods and technologies, as specified. The bill requires CARB to establish the Marine Carbon Research Program by July 1, 2028 to award grants and other financial incentives for eligible marine carbon dioxide removal and sequestration projects, as specified. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required California State agencies under the direct authority of the Governor to adopt certain cybersecurity standards and methodologies outlined in President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14028 on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” In particular, it would require adoption of a “Zero Trust” model for the State’s information technology security architecture. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Requires the California Energy Commission to apply any network roaming standards it adopts only to major electric vehicle charging network operators that operate at least 100 publicly available electric vehicle charging stations in the operator’s network in the state and maintains a customer-facing internet-based application for purposes of locating and using electric vehicle charging stations in the operator’s network. Provisions relating to reliability for Electrify America stations and implicating the consent decree were removed.

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Would have required, on and after June 1, 2024, owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations for which their owners or operators are awarded a State grant to support the electric vehicle charging stations, including related infrastructure, on or after January 1, 2024, to ensure that specified data fields for the owner’s or operator’s entire network of electric vehicle charging stations in California are made available, free of charge, to third-party software developers through an application programming interface, as specified. The bill would have authorized other owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations to ensure that those data fields are available to third-party software developers under the same conditions. Was not heard in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.

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Would have required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle), in consultation with CARB, to include product labeling requirements that reduce food waste in regulations pursuant to SB 1383’s (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) Short-lived Climate Pollutant Strategy. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required a State agency to include, when awarding a contract for grant administration services, as defined, in the terms of the contract a provision that sets forth standards for resolving actual or perceived conflicts of interest for the contractor. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Requires, on and after June 1, 2024, owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations for which their owners or operators are awarded a State grant to support the electric vehicle charging stations, including related infrastructure, on or after January 1, 2024, to ensure that specified data fields for the owner’s or operator’s entire network of electric vehicle charging stations in California are made available, free of charge, to third-party software developers through an application programming interface, as specified. The bill authorizes other owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations to ensure that those data fields are available to third-party software developers under the same conditions. Was not heard in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.

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Would have required CARB, no later than June 30, 2026, to evaluate and, if feasible and to the extent data is available, revise regulations to incorporate the use of methane remote sensing data to reduce methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills pursuant to the Short-lived Climate Pollution Strategy. Held on suspense in the Assembly 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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