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AB-337 • 2026

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: grant program: edible food.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: grant program: edible food.

Budget Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bennett
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how much funding is available or specific project qualifications beyond general criteria.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Edible Food Grants

This law expands grants from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to provide financial assistance for projects that recover and reuse edible food.

What This Bill Does

  • Expands a grant program to give money for projects that recover edible food.
  • Includes construction or expansion of facilities in the eligible infrastructure projects list.
  • Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to consider how much more edible food can be recovered when giving out grants.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
  • Organizations that apply for grants to build or expand facilities for edible food recovery

Terms To Know

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
A fund where money goes from programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Market-based compliance mechanisms
Systems that use financial incentives or penalties to encourage businesses and organizations to meet environmental goals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be available for these grants.
  • It is unclear which specific projects will qualify beyond the general criteria provided.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  7. 2025-01-29 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.

  8. 2025-01-28 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 337, as introduced, Bennett.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: grant program: edible food.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as a part of the market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, upon appropriation, to administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to promote the in-state development of infrastructure, food waste prevention, or other projects to reduce organic waste, sort and aggregate or process organic and other recyclable materials into new, value-added
products, or divert items from disposal through enhanced reuse opportunities. Existing law requires the grant program to provide eligible financial assistance for certain activities, including activities that expand and improve organic waste diversion and recycling, including, but not limited to, the recovery of food for human consumption and food waste prevention. Existing law specifies eligible infrastructure projects for purposes of the program, including, but not limited to, the construction of facilities to help develop, implement, or expand edible food waste recovery operations.
This bill would expand the grant program to provide financial assistance for the recovery of edible food, as specified. The bill would specify that eligible infrastructure projects includes the construction or expansion of facilities to help develop, implement, or expand edible food waste recovery operations. The bill would require the department to consider the increased amount of
edible food recovery capacity that the project will create when awarding a grant for edible food recovery.

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