Bill Text: CA AB3208 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Greenhouse gases: methane.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. [AB3208 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB3208-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3208
| Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner |
February 16, 2024 |
An act to amend Section 39731 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3208, as introduced, Boerner.
Greenhouse gases: methane.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to take certain actions related to methane emissions.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 39731 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:39731.
The state board shall do all of the following:(a) Undertake, in consultation with districts that monitor methane, monitoring and measurements of high-emission methane hot spots in the state using the best available and cost-effective scientific and technical methods.
(b) Consult with federal and state agencies, independent scientific experts, and any other appropriate entities to gather or acquire the necessary information for the purpose of carrying out a life-cycle greenhouse gas emission analysis of natural gas produced and imported into the state using the best available and cost-effective scientific and technical methods.
(c) Update relevant policies and programs to incorporate the information gathered and acquired
pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b).
(d) Review, in consultation with independent scientific experts, the most recent available scientific data and reports on the atmospheric reactivity of methane as a precursor to the formation of photochemical oxidants.
