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CA SB1

Bill

Status

Vetoed

9/27/2019

Primary Sponsor

Toni Atkins

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes protections for California's environment, public health, and worker safety by requiring state agencies to maintain standards at least as protective as federal baseline standards in effect on January 19, 2017, through January 20, 2025.

  • Authorizes private citizens to bring lawsuits to enforce air quality, water quality, and drinking water standards if corresponding federal citizen suit provisions are substantially restricted or repealed.

  • Requires the State Air Resources Board to assess changes to federal air standards every six months and adopt measures maintaining California's protections; allows the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and Department of Industrial Relations to adopt baseline federal worker safety standards as emergency regulations.

  • Prohibits the transport, sale, or purchase of fish, wildlife, or plants taken in violation of federal trade laws in effect on January 19, 2017, and allows California to list species as endangered or threatened if federal protections decrease after that date.

  • All provisions become inoperative on January 20, 2025, and are repealed on January 1, 2026; however, actions brought before January 20, 2025, may proceed to final judgment.

Legislative Description

California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019.

Last Action

Veto sustained.

1/13/2020

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources9/10/2019
Appropriations7/9/2019
Judiciary7/8/2019
Natural Resources6/19/2019
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials6/6/2019
Appropriations4/24/2019
Judiciary4/10/2019
Natural Resources and Water3/20/2019
Environmental Quality1/16/2019
Rules12/3/2018

Full Bill Text

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