Bill Text: CA AB2887 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2887 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Public resources: Sales and Use Tax Law: exclusions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2022. [AB2887 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2887-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2887

Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

February 18, 2022

An act relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2887, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Lithium batteries: labor standards.

Existing law finds and declares that there is a pressing need to accelerate research and development into alternative sources of energy and into improved technology of design and siting of power facilities.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish labor standards and opportunities that deliver benefits to local communities in the Lithium Valley battery supply chain. This bill would also include related legislative findings and declarations.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Lithium is becoming an increasingly critical resource as the state, and the world, moves toward a clean energy future to tackle the climate crisis.

(b) This metal is a crucial component of batteries needed to power electric vehicles, enable a 100-percent clean electrical grid, and move the state’s homes and industries away from fossil fuels.

(c) California has abundant untapped lithium reserves, including in geothermal brine more than one mile underground near the Salton Sea.

(d) The state is poised to become a global leader in the deployment of new, environmentally sound technologies that can coproduce lithium with renewable electricity from geothermal power plants in the Imperial Valley.

(e) Experts estimate the region could satisfy more than one-third of today’s global lithium demand.

(f) Building out a world-class battery manufacturing ecosystem in tandem with lithium production and processing would also increase economic opportunities in the Salton Sea region, delivering high-quality jobs and community benefits to the region.

SEC. 2.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish labor standards and opportunities that deliver benefits to local communities in the Lithium Valley battery supply chain.