Limón
Author
Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to make an untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claim, whether explicit or implied. Existing law requires business entities that are marketing or selling voluntary carbon offsets, as defined, within the state, and other entities engaging in specified activities relating to voluntary carbon offsets, to disclose on their internet websites certain information relating to those voluntary carbon offsets, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of those disclosure requirements is subject to a civil penalty. This bill would make it unlawful for a person to certify or issue a voluntary carbon offset, to maintain on a registry a voluntary carbon offset, or to market, make available or offer for sale, or sell a voluntary carbon offset if the person knows or should know that the greenhouse gas reductions or greenhouse gas removal enhancements of the offset project related to the voluntary carbon offset are unlikely to be quantifiable, real, and additional. The bill would also make it unlawful for a person to verify an offset project for the purposes of issuing a voluntary carbon offset if the person knows or should know that the greenhouse gas reductions or greenhouse gas removal enhancements of the offset project are unlikely to be quantifiable, real, and additional. The bill would make it unlawful for a person, under certain circumstances, to market, make available or offer for sale, or sell a voluntary carbon offset without explicitly marketing the voluntary carbon offset as not being physically equivalent to the climate impact of carbon dioxide.
July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 4106.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3969.) (May 16).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 22.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3530.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 9.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3378.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing March 20.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1036 | HTML |
| 02/06/24 - Introduced | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/05/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/19/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/16/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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