Bill Text: CA SB13 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 13

Bill Title: Oil and gas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2026-02-02 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB13 Detail]

Download: California-2025-SB13-Amended.html

Amended IN Senate April 10, 2025

Amended IN Senate February 10, 2025

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 13

Introduced by Senator Grove

December 02, 2024

An act to add Section 39619.9 to the Health and Safety Code, ~~and to add Sections 3118 and 25236 to the Public Resources Code,~~ relating to oil and gas.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 13, as amended, Grove. Oil and gas.

Existing law, the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980, requires refiners, as described, to report monthly to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), for each of their refineries, specified information, including the origin of petroleum receipts and the source of imports of finished petroleum products.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the Energy Commission monitor foreign countries that export oil to California and identify on its internet website which of those countries have demonstrated human rights abuses, as documented by the United States Department of State, and which of those countries have lower environmental standards for the production of oil than California.

Existing law imposes various limitations on the emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to post on its internet website information on air quality conditions and trends statewide and to develop and conduct a program of monitoring airborne fine particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM 2.5).

This bill would require the state board to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include that assessment on the state board’s internet website. The bill would also require the Energy Commission to annually provide data collected pursuant to the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980 to the state board for the purposes of the assessment. The bill would require the data to comply with specified existing confidentiality requirements. The bill would prohibit the commission from using any funds from electric ratepayers to implement these requirements, as provided. The bill would also require the state board to post on its internet website a report on the air quality impact of potentially importing 5% to 10% of the state’s gasoline supply using tanker ships.

~~Under existing law, the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state.~~
~~This bill would require the division to provide a link on its internet website to air quality emissions data associated with the transportation of oil imported into the state.~~
~~Existing law vests the Energy Commission with various responsibilities for developing and implementing the state’s energy policies.~~
This bill would require the Energy Commission to prominently display on the front page of its internet website a report on the air quality impact of potentially importing 5% to 10% of the state’s gasoline supply using tanker ships and a report describing the refinery storage costs as determined by the Energy Commission, as specified. The bill would also require a report produced by the Energy Commission estimating gasoline price breakdowns and margins to include the cost of shipping oil. The bill would prohibit the commission from using any funds from electric ratepayers to implement these requirements.

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

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

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission monitor foreign countries that export oil to California and identify on its internet website which of those countries have demonstrated human rights abuses, as documented by the United States Department of State, and which of those countries have lower environmental standards for the production of oil than California.

SEC. 2.

Section 39619.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

39619.9.

(a) The state board shall annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California from the point of origin to its point of destination in California. The assessment shall be made available on the state board’s internet website. The assessment shall include all of the following:

(1) An estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in this state for oil imported into the state during the previous year broken down by the country of origin.

(2) An estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in this state for oil produced within the state during the previous year.

(3) A description of the methodology and assumptions used to produce the assessment.

(4) A citation or link to the data used to produce the assessment.

(b) The state board shall post on its internet website a report on the air quality impact of potentially importing 5 percent to 10 percent of the state’s gasoline supply using tanker ships.
~~(b)~~

(c) (1) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall annually provide data collected pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code to the state board for the purposes of the assessment required pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) Data provided to the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) shall comply with applicable confidentiality requirements specified in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code.

(3) The commission shall not use any funds from electric ratepayers to implement this subdivision.

SEC. 3.Section 3118 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
3118.
~~The division shall provide a link on its internet website to air quality emissions data associated with the transportation of oil imported into the state.~~
SEC. 4.Section 25236 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
25236.
~~(a)The commission shall prominently display on the front page of its internet website both of the following:~~
~~(1)A report on the air quality impact of potentially importing 5 percent to 10 percent of the state’s gasoline supply using tanker ships.~~
~~(2)A report describing the refinery storage costs, as determined by the commission.~~
~~(b)A report produced by the commission estimating gasoline price breakdowns and margins shall include the cost of shipping oil.~~
~~(c)The commission shall not use any funds from electric ratepayers to implement this section.~~