California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan.

Plain English Breakdown

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California Plan for Reducing Global Warming Gases

This act requires California's Air Resources Board to include emissions from wildland and forest fires when making plans to reduce greenhouse gases.

What This Bill Does

• Designates the State Air Resources Board as the agency in charge of monitoring and regulating sources that release greenhouse gases.
• Requires the board to create rules for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below a set limit by December 31, 2030.
• Needs the board to make a plan (called a scoping plan) every five years to reduce these emissions as much as possible and cost-effectively.
• Requires the inclusion of wildland and forest fire emissions in the planning process.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Air Resources Board
• Sources that release greenhouse gases

Terms To Know

Greenhouse Gases

Gases like carbon dioxide and methane that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to global warming.

Scoping Plan

A detailed plan made by the State Air Resources Board for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across California.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much funding will be provided to implement these requirements.
• It is unclear if and when this bill will become law since it died at the governor's desk in 2025.

Official Summary Text

AB 13, as introduced, Jeff Gonzalez.
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan.
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 state board is required to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years.
This bill would require the state board to include greenhouse gas emissions from
wildlands and forest fires in the scoping plan.

Current Bill Text

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