California Legislation and Governor's Executive Orders on Climate Change

For current legislation related to climate change or similar subjects, please visit the Official California Legislative Information website.

Governor Schwarzenegger Executive Order # S-01-07, January 18, 2007, on Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Governor Schwarzenegger Executive Order # S-20-06, October 18, 2006, on responsibilities and roles of state agencies in climate change.
Governor Schwarzenegger Executive Order # S-06-06, April 25, 2006, on biofuels and bioenergy from renewable resources.
Governor Schwarzenegger Executive Order # S-03-05, June 1, 2005, establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
- Governor's Executive Order: Text of Executive Order # S-3-05, June 1, 2005
- Governor's News Release: Governor Schwarzenegger Establishes Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets
- Governor's Speech: UN World Environment Day Conference, San Francisco, June 1, 2005

Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) - Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Technologies. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 236 (Lieu, Chapter 593, Statutes of 2007) - Public Resources: State and Local Motor Vehicle Fleets. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 532 (Wolk, Chapter 598, Statutes of 2007) - State Property: Solar Energy. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 662 (Ruskin, Chapter 531, Statutes of 2007) - Water Conservation. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 662 (Ruskin, Chapter 531, Statutes of 2007) - Water Conservation. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1103 (Blakeslee, Chapter 684, Statutes of 2007) - Energy: Renewable energy resources, hydrogen highway. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1109 (Huffman, Chapter 534, Statutes of 2007) - Energy Resources: Lighting Efficiency: Hazardous Waste. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1470 (Perata, Chapter 536, Statutes of 2007) - Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1560 (Huffman, Chapter 532, Statutes of 2007) - Public Resources: Water efficiency in building standards. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1613 (Blakeslee Chapter 713, Statutes of 2007) - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. (PDF file)
Senate Bill 97 (Dutton, Chapter 185, Statutes of 2007) - Directs Governor's Office of Planning and Research to develop CEQA guidelines "for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions or the effects of greenhouse gas emissions." (PDF file)

Assembly Bill 32 (Núñez, Statutes of 2006, Chapter 488) - California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. (PDF file, 13 pages, 112 kilobytes)
- Assembly Bill 32 / Global Warming Solutions Act Fact Sheet (PDF file, 9/2006)
- Timeline - California Global Warming Solutions Act (PDF file, 9/2006)
Assembly Bill 1803 (Committee on Budget, Chapter 77, Stautes of 2006) - Transfers greenhouse gas inventory to Air Resources Board from Energy Commision. (PDF file)
Assembly Bill 1925 (Blakeslee, Chapter 471, Stautes of 2006) - Report on carbon dioxide sequestration. (PDF file)
Senate Bill 1368 Perata, (Chapter 598, Stautes of 2006) - Electricity greenhouse gas performance standard. (PDF file)

Senate Bill 812 (Sher, Chapter 423, Statutes of 2002) - Climate Action Registry. (PDF file, 10 pages, 31 kilobytes)
Assembly Bill 1493 (Pavley, Chapter 200, Statutes of 2002) - Vehicle emissions, greenhouse gases. (PDF file, July 2002)
- CalEPA Presentation on AB 1493 (PDF file, July 2002)
Senate Bill 527 (Sher, Chapter 769, Statutes of 2001) - Climate Action Registry. (October 2001 - PDF file)
Senate Bill 1771 (Sher, Chapter 1018, Statutes of 2000) - Greenhouse gas emission registry and reduction and impacts on climate change. (2000 - PDF file)
Assembly Bill 4420 (Sher, Chapter 1506, Statutes of 1988) - The Califonia Energy Commission was directed to prepare and maintain the state's inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and tto study the effects of GHGs.

For other current and past legislation related to climate change or similar subjects, please visit the Official California Legislative Information website.