AB 2537 — Energy: Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program: community capacity funding activities and grants.
Last action — Vetoed by Governor.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on September 22, 2024.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing law establishes the Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program, which is administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the purpose of supporting state activities that complement and are in furtherance of federal laws related to the development of offshore wind facilities. Existing law creates, and continuously appropriates moneys in, the Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Fund for purposes of the program and the Private Donations Account, which is created in the fund. Existing law authorizes the commission to accept federal and private sector moneys for purposes of the program and requires the private sector moneys to be deposited into the donations account and the federal moneys to be deposited into the fund. Existing law requires the commission to post a report on its internet website, within 30 days of receiving a donation, about specified information regarding each donation received. Existing law authorizes the commission to allocate moneys in the fund or donations account for specified purposes, including workforce development grants. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to allocate moneys in the fund or donations account for capacity funding activities and grants within local communities and tribal communities to engage in the process of offshore wind energy development. By expanding the purposes for which continuously appropriated moneys may be allocated, the bill would make an appropriation. This bill would create the Offshore Wind Community Capacity Funding Grant Account in the fund, and would continuously appropriate the moneys in this account to the commission to fund capacity funding activities and award capacity funding grants, thereby making an appropriation, as specified. The bill would require an offshore wind entity, as defined, to provide financial assistance to fund those activities and grants for the 3-year period after the offshore wind entity executes an offshore wind lease, as provided. The bill would make that financial assistance subject to the reporting requirement described above. The bill would authorize the commission to use up to 5% of the total amount deposited into the grant account, if needed, to administer the grant account. The bill would require the commission to annually prepare and submit a report, on or before March 1 of each year, to the Legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of those activities and grants. The bill would require the commission to develop guidelines, as provided, for the use of those moneys, and would require the guidelines to be subject to review and revision every 3 years. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 09/03/24 - Enrolled Current pdf September 03, 2024
- Amended 08/23/24 - Amended Senate pdf August 23, 2024
- Amended 08/15/24 - Amended Senate pdf August 15, 2024
- Amended 07/01/24 - Amended Senate pdf July 01, 2024
- Amended 06/12/24 - Amended Senate pdf June 12, 2024
- Amended 04/29/24 - Amended Assembly pdf April 29, 2024
- Amended 04/10/24 - Amended Assembly pdf April 10, 2024
- Amended 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly pdf March 21, 2024
- Introduced 02/13/24 - Introduced pdf February 13, 2024
- AB2537 View text html
Action History
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0.).
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Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15).
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In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.
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Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 25).
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
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Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and N.R. & W.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5491.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 16).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24).
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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Coauthors revised.
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(pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)
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Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 13.)
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Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & E.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Dawn Addis · Primary
- Gail Pellerin · Cosponsor
- Min · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 8 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Addis, Dawn Democratic
Co-sponsors (2)
- Pellerin, Gail Democratic
- Min
Not signed on (119)
119 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 119 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Democratic | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 66 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 84% | 0% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Essayli | — | Not Voting |
| Mathis | — | Not Voting |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Addis, Dawn | Democratic | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Alvarez, David | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bains, Jasmeet | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Connolly, Damon | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Hart, Gregg | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| McKinnor, Tina | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Ortega, Liz | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Yea |
| Papan, Diane | Democratic | Yea |
| Pellerin, Gail | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Schiavo, Pilar | Democratic | Yea |
| Soria, Esmeralda | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Valencia, Avelino | Democratic | Yea |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Wilson, Lori D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Zbur, Rick Chavez | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Alanis, Juan | Republican | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon, Diane | Republican | Not Voting |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Not Voting |
| Hoover, Josh | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sanchez, Kate | Republican | Yea |
| Ta, Tri | Republican | Not Voting |
| Wallis, Greg | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 78% | 20% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Min | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Nay |
| Allen, Benjamin | Democratic | Yea |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Ashby, Angelique V. | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Blakespear, Catherine S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Cortese, Dave | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Gonzalez, Lena A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Menjivar, Caroline | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Nay |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Susan | Democratic | Yea |
| Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wahab, Aisha | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Alvarado-Gil, Marie | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Nay |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Nay |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Nay |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Nay |
| Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie | Republican | Nay |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Ashby, Angelique V. | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wahab, Aisha | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Nay |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Ashby, Angelique V. | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wahab, Aisha | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 73% | 18% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Min | — | Yea |
| Allen, Benjamin | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Nay |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 6% | 0% | 22% |
How each member voted (18)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Not Voting |
| Min | — | Not Voting |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Ashby, Angelique V. | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Gonzalez, Lena A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Susan | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 64 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Essayli | — | Not Voting |
| Holden | — | Not Voting |
| Friedman | — | Not Voting |
| Mathis | — | Not Voting |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Luz Rivas | — | Not Voting |
| Vince Fong | — | Not Voting |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Addis, Dawn | Democratic | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Alvarez, David | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bains, Jasmeet | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Connolly, Damon | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Hart, Gregg | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| McKinnor, Tina | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Ortega, Liz | Democratic | Yea |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Yea |
| Papan, Diane | Democratic | Yea |
| Pellerin, Gail | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Schiavo, Pilar | Democratic | Yea |
| Soria, Esmeralda | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Valencia, Avelino | Democratic | Yea |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Wilson, Lori D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Zbur, Rick Chavez | Democratic | Yea |
| Alanis, Juan | Republican | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon, Diane | Republican | Not Voting |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Not Voting |
| Hoover, Josh | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sanchez, Kate | Republican | Yea |
| Ta, Tri | Republican | Not Voting |
| Wallis, Greg | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 7% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Hart, Gregg | Democratic | Yea |
| Pellerin, Gail | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Dixon, Diane | Republican | Nay |
| Sanchez, Kate | Republican | Yea |
| Ta, Tri | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Connolly, Damon | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Schiavo, Pilar | Democratic | Yea |
| Zbur, Rick Chavez | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Yea |
| Wallis, Greg | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Pellerin, Gail | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Hoover, Josh | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 2537 do?
- Existing law establishes the Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program, which is administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the purpose of supporting state activities that complement and are in furtherance of federal laws related to the development of offshore wind facilities. Existing law creates, and continuously appropriates moneys in, the Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Fund for purposes of the program and the Private Donations Account, which is created in the fund. Existing law authorizes the commission to accept federal and private sector moneys for purposes of the program and requires the private sector moneys to be deposited into the donations account and the federal moneys to be deposited into the fund. Existing law requires the commission to post a report on its internet website, within 30 days of receiving a donation, about specified information regarding each donation received. Existing law authorizes the commission to allocate moneys in the fund or donations account for specified purposes, including workforce development grants. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to allocate moneys in the fund or donations account for capacity funding activities and grants within local communities and tribal communities to engage in the process of offshore wind energy development. By expanding the purposes for which continuously appropriated moneys may be allocated, the bill would make an appropriation. This bill would create the Offshore Wind Community Capacity Funding Grant Account in the fund, and would continuously appropriate the moneys in this account to the commission to fund capacity funding activities and award capacity funding grants, thereby making an appropriation, as specified. The bill would require an offshore wind entity, as defined, to provide financial assistance to fund those activities and grants for the 3-year period after the offshore wind entity executes an offshore wind lease, as provided. The bill would make that financial assistance subject to the reporting requirement described above. The bill would authorize the commission to use up to 5% of the total amount deposited into the grant account, if needed, to administer the grant account. The bill would require the commission to annually prepare and submit a report, on or before March 1 of each year, to the Legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of those activities and grants. The bill would require the commission to develop guidelines, as provided, for the use of those moneys, and would require the guidelines to be subject to review and revision every 3 years. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
- Who sponsors AB 2537?
- AB 2537 is sponsored by Addis, Dawn (Democratic), Pellerin, Gail (Democratic), and Min.
- What is the current status of AB 2537?
- This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 2537?
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