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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 45 — Short-lived climate pollutants: organic waste reduction goals: local jurisdiction assistance.

Last action September 19, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 445, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 12 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and begin implementing a short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires that the methane emissions reduction goals include a 50% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board for 2020 and 2025, as provided. Existing law requires the department, no later than July 1, 2020, and in consultation with the state board, to analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving these organic waste reduction goals. Existing law authorizes the department, if it determines that significant progress has not been made toward achieving the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board, to include incentives or additional requirements in its regulations to facilitate progress towards achieving the goals. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the state board, to assist local jurisdictions in complying with these provisions, including any regulations adopted by the department.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/19/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 19, 2022
Enrolled 09/01/22 - Enrolled pdf September 01, 2022
Amended 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly pdf August 15, 2022
Amended 01/03/22 - Amended Senate pdf January 03, 2022
Amended 04/08/21 - Amended Senate pdf April 08, 2021
Introduced 12/07/20 - Introduced pdf December 07, 2020
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Action History

September 19, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 445, Statutes of 2022.
September 19, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
September 06, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
August 30, 2022
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5276.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 29, 2022
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 29, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
August 16, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 15, 2022
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 11, 2022
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11).
June 29, 2022
June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
June 08, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 05, 2022
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
January 24, 2022
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
January 24, 2022
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2804.) Ordered to the Assembly.
January 20, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
January 20, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2794.) (January 20).
January 19, 2022
Set for hearing January 20.
January 18, 2022
January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
January 11, 2022
Set for hearing January 18.
January 10, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2740.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
January 06, 2022
Set for hearing January 10.
January 05, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
January 04, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
January 04, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
January 03, 2022
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
January 03, 2022
Ordered to second reading.
January 03, 2022
From inactive file.
June 01, 2021
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Portantino.
May 20, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 20, 2021
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (May 20).
May 14, 2021
Set for hearing May 20.
May 04, 2021
May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
April 21, 2021
Set for hearing May 3.
April 15, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 814.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 08, 2021
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
April 06, 2021
Set for hearing April 15.
March 24, 2021
April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
March 24, 2021
Set for hearing April 8.
March 16, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 518.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
February 17, 2021
Set for hearing March 16.
January 28, 2021
Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
January 28, 2021
Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W., GOV. & F., and EQ.
December 08, 2020
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
December 07, 2020
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Portantino

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB45 Portantino Concurrence

August 30, 2022

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	23	0	0	0
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Borgeas	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 45 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Gabriel

August 29, 2022

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	30	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	39	0	0	0
Republican	8	0	0	1
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	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
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Not Voting
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
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
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

August 11, 2022

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	2
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	12	0	0	4
% of votes cast	75%	0%	0%	25%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Levine	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

June 06, 2022

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	1
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (10)

Member	Party	Vote
Friedman	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Not Voting
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

January 24, 2022

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	20	0	0	3
Republican	3	0	0	1
Total	36	0	0	4
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Min	—	Not Voting
Bradford	—	Not Voting
Bates	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

January 20, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

January 18, 2022

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

January 10, 2022

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Skinner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Bates	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

May 20, 2021

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	1	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Nay
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

May 03, 2021

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Bates	—	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 15, 2021

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Total	5	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (5)

Member	Party	Vote
Nielsen	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance]

March 16, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	7	2	0	0
% of votes cast	78%	22%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Eggman	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 45 do?: Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, no later than January 1, 2018, to approve and begin implementing a short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires that the methane emissions reduction goals include a 50% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board for 2020 and 2025, as provided. Existing law requires the department, no later than July 1, 2020, and in consultation with the state board, to analyze the progress that the waste sector, state government, and local governments have made in achieving these organic waste reduction goals. Existing law authorizes the department, if it determines that significant progress has not been made toward achieving the organic waste reduction goals established by the state board, to include incentives or additional requirements in its regulations to facilitate progress towards achieving the goals. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the state board, to assist local jurisdictions in complying with these provisions, including any regulations adopted by the department.
Who sponsors SB 45?: SB 45 is sponsored by Portantino.
What is the current status of SB 45?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.
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Identifier: SB 45
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 07, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Portantino

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