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CA SB58

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Steve Padilla

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to develop health-based threshold levels for hydrogen sulfide by January 1, 2030, in addition to existing ambient air quality standards

  • Mandates at least three public workshops during development, including one in the Tijuana River Valley region, one in the Salton Sea region, and one in a community with significant hydrogen sulfide exposure

  • Requires air pollution control districts and air quality management districts to adopt any threshold levels developed by the office; local environmental and public health agencies may also consider these thresholds

  • Directs the office to consider factors including acute and chronic health effects, various averaging times (10-minute, 30-minute, 8-hour, 24-hour), indoor versus outdoor exposure, and local climate conditions

  • Expresses legislative intent to develop a response framework establishing best practices and guidance for addressing harmful air quality based on the new threshold levels

Legislative Description

Air quality: standard: hydrogen sulfide.

Last Action

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

1/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/13/2026
Environmental Quality1/5/2026
Rules1/5/2026
Revenue and Taxation1/29/2025
Rules1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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