California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 376 — Energy: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: natural gas.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.

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Summary

(1) The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act (act) establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and requires the commission to prepare a biennial integrated energy policy report containing specified information related to major energy trends and issues facing the state, as well as a biennial energy policy review. The act requires the commission to certify sufficient sites and related facilities that are required to provide a supply of electricity sufficient to accommodate projected demand for power statewide. This bill would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, as a component of the integrated energy policy report, to conduct a study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports to meet the state's energy demand. The bill would also require the Energy Commission, prior to a lease or permit being issued by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission to license a liquefied natural gas facility on the California coast, to update its study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports at least 60 days prior to a hearing by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission if the Energy Commission has not issued an integrated energy policy report within 180 days of the hearing. The bill would also require a liquefied natural gas terminal project applicant to include in the application evidence that it has consulted with the United States Department of Defense and its impacted service components. For a project involving the construction or operation of a liquefied natural gas terminal for which an application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) or the United States Maritime Administration has not been deemed data adequate on or before January 1, 2011, and the application is being processed for further action by the FERC or the United States Maritime Administration, an environmental impact report prepared for that project by a lead agency would be required to contain specified information. By requiring a local agency to prepare an environmental impact report that contains specified information, the bill would increase the level of service provided by a local agency, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2011, to create a matrix on its Internet Web site containing information related to the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas terminal project, and quarterly updates would be required. The bill would also require the commission to impose a fee upon a liquefied natural gas terminal project applicant proposing a liquefied natural gas terminal that would be subject to the bill's provisions and would authorize the commission to expend the fees, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement those provisions. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Assembly without further action.

  2. From committee without further action.

  3. Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.

  4. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  5. Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5989.)

  6. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. (Heard in committee on June 28.)

  8. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.)

  9. (Heard in committee on June 14.)

  10. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  12. To Com. on U. & C.

  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2730.) To Assembly.

  15. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 2693.)

  17. (Suspense - for vote only.)

  18. Set for hearing January 21.

  19. Set, first hearing. Held in committee and under submission.

  20. (Suspense - for vote only.)

  21. Set for hearing May 28.

  22. Placed on APPR suspense file.

  23. Set for hearing May 18.

  24. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 583.)

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  27. Set for hearing April 21.

  28. To Com. on E., U. & C.

  29. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 28.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Simitian · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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Sponsors (1)

  • Simitian

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

Passed 9 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9304
Total 9304
% of votes cast 56%19%0%25%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Fong — Yea
Tom — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Ma — Yea
Villines — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Fuentes — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting

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SENATE 3RD READING SB376 SIMITIAN

Passed 26 Yea · 9 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24904
Republican 1000
Democratic 1001
Total 26905
% of votes cast 65%23%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Corbett — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Not Voting
Ashburn — Nay
Harman — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6302
Total 6302
% of votes cast 55%27%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Liu — Yea
Walters — Nay
Alquist — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Cox — Nay
Denham — Nay

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 9 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 9200
% of votes cast 82%18%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Benoit — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 376 do?
(1) The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act (act) establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and requires the commission to prepare a biennial integrated energy policy report containing specified information related to major energy trends and issues facing the state, as well as a biennial energy policy review. The act requires the commission to certify sufficient sites and related facilities that are required to provide a supply of electricity sufficient to accommodate projected demand for power statewide. This bill would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, as a component of the integrated energy policy report, to conduct a study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports to meet the state's energy demand. The bill would also require the Energy Commission, prior to a lease or permit being issued by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission to license a liquefied natural gas facility on the California coast, to update its study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports at least 60 days prior to a hearing by the State Lands Commission or the California Coastal Commission if the Energy Commission has not issued an integrated energy policy report within 180 days of the hearing. The bill would also require a liquefied natural gas terminal project applicant to include in the application evidence that it has consulted with the United States Department of Defense and its impacted service components. For a project involving the construction or operation of a liquefied natural gas terminal for which an application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) or the United States Maritime Administration has not been deemed data adequate on or before January 1, 2011, and the application is being processed for further action by the FERC or the United States Maritime Administration, an environmental impact report prepared for that project by a lead agency would be required to contain specified information. By requiring a local agency to prepare an environmental impact report that contains specified information, the bill would increase the level of service provided by a local agency, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2011, to create a matrix on its Internet Web site containing information related to the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas terminal project, and quarterly updates would be required. The bill would also require the commission to impose a fee upon a liquefied natural gas terminal project applicant proposing a liquefied natural gas terminal that would be subject to the bill's provisions and would authorize the commission to expend the fees, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement those provisions. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 376?
SB 376 is sponsored by Simitian.
What is the current status of SB 376?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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 SB 376?
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