Action Alert: Help Pass Our Endorsed Climate Legislation

UPDATE 5/23: YOUR HELP IS STILL NEEDED! PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO GET THESE IMPORTANT BILLS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE!

The floor votes in the California Legislature are this week, so we are asking everyone to please take a moment TODAY to contact your representatives and make sure your voice is heard on these important climate bills. Please ask for their AYE votes on our list of ENDORSED BILLS. These are the bills that were selected as a priority for maximum support by the CA Coalition of Climate Reality chapters. The links to the bills are clickable if you would like to read the bill text. And as always, feel free to share this post with your friends and colleagues. 

First - Call or email your Assemblymember and ask for a yes vote on the following bills. The floor votes began on Monday, so make your call (voicemail OK) or send your email as soon as possible. Use the Sacramento office phone number if you choose to call. Click here to find the contact info for your Assemblymember.

AB 2648 (Bennett) Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: Single-Use Plastic Bottles

ACA 16 (Bryan) Environmental Rates

Second - Call or email your Senator and ask for a yes vote on the following bills. The floor votes began on Monday, so make your call (voicemail OK) or send your email as soon as possible. Use the Sacramento office phone number if you choose to call. Click here for your Senator’s contact info.

SB 1497 (Menjivar) Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act of 2024 [Update: this bill was endorsed by the Los Angeles Times]

These bills have passed their floor votes and are moving on to the opposite house:

Assembly Bills

AB 1866 (Hart) Oil and Gas: Idle Wells [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 1992 (Boerner) Coastal Resources: Blue Carbon Demonstration Projects [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 2196 (Connolly) Beaver Restoration [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 2236 (Bauer Kahan) Reusable Grocery Bags: Standards: Plastic Film Prohibition [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 2320 (Irwin) Wildlife Connectivity and Climate Adaptation Act of 2024 [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 2716 (Bryan) Oil and Gas: Low Production Wells, Sensitive Receptors [Update - this passed on 5/21]

AB 3233 (Addis) Oil and Gas Operation: Local Authority [Update - this passed on 5/22]

Senate Bills

SB 1053 (Blakespear and Allen) Reusable Grocery Bags: Standards: Plastic Film Prohibition [Update - this passed on 5/21]

SB 1143 (Allen) Household Hazardous Waste: Producer Responsibility [Update - this passed on 5/21]