Bill Text: CA AB776 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Methane: dairy digesters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB776 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB776-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 776
| Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis |
February 16, 2021 |
An act relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 776, as introduced, Mathis.
Methane: dairy digesters.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state to achieve a reduction in methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as specified. Existing law requires the state board, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, to adopt regulations to reduce methane emissions from livestock manure management operations and dairy manure management operations consistent with the strategy, as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to methane and dairy digesters.
