AB 1496: Reducing methane emissions

 
CLCV Supported
Passed Senate 25-14 (9/9/2015)
Passed Assembly 57-22 (9/10/2015)
Signed into law by Governor Brown (10/8/2015)

Methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas that occurs both naturally and through human activity, in about equal measures. Notable sources include agriculture and fossil fuel extraction. AB 1496 will direct the California Air Resources Board (ARB), in consultation with California local air districts, to develop a program that would measure, monitor, regulate, and ultimately reduce methane emissions statewide.

Issue: 
Air Quality
Issue: 
Oil & Gas
Senator Party Vote
Ben Allen D
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Joel Anderson R
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Patricia Bates R
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Jim Beall D
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Tom Berryhill R
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Marty Block D
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Anthony Cannella R
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Kevin de León D
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Jean Fuller R
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Ted Gaines R
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Cathleen Galgiani D
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Steve Glazer D
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Isadore Hall D
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Loni Hancock D
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Edward P. Hernandez D
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Bob Hertzberg D
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Jerry Hill D
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Ben Hueso D
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Bob Huff R
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Hannah-Beth Jackson D
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Ricardo Lara D
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Mark Leno D
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Connie Leyva D
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Carol Liu D
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Mike McGuire D
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Tony Mendoza D
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Holly Mitchell D
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Bill Monning D
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John Moorlach R
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Mike Morrell R
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Janet Nguyen R
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Jim Nielsen R
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Richard Pan D
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Fran Pavley D
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Richard Roth D
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Sharon Runner R
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Jeff Stone R
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Andy Vidak R
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Bob Wieckowski D
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Lois Wolk D
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Assemblymember Party Vote
Katcho Achadjian R
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Luis Alejo D
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Travis Allen R
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Toni Atkins D
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Catharine Baker R
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Frank Bigelow R
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Richard Bloom D
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Susan Bonilla D
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Rob Bonta D
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William Brough R
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Cheryl Brown D
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Autumn Burke D
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Ian Calderon D
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Nora Campos D
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Ling-Ling Chang R
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Ed Chau D
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Rocky Chavez R
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David Chiu D
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Kansen Chu D
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Ken Cooley D
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Jim Cooper D
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Matt Dababneh D
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Brian Dahle R
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Tom Daly D
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Bill Dodd D
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Susan Eggman D
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Jim Frazier D
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Beth Gaines R
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James Gallagher R
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Cristina Garcia D
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Eduardo Garcia D
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Mike Gatto D
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Mike Gipson D
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Jimmy Gomez D
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Lorena Gonzalez D
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Rich Gordon D
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Adam Gray D
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Shannon Grove R
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David Hadley R
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Matthew Harper R
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Roger Hernandez D
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Chris Holden D
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Jacqui Irwin D
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Brian Jones R
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Reggie Jones-Sawyer D
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Young Kim R
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Tom Lackey R
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Marc Levine D
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Eric Linder R
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Patty López D
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Evan Low D
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Brian Maienschein R
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Devon Mathis R
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Chad Mayes R
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Kevin McCarty D
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Jose Medina D
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Melissa Melendez R
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Kevin Mullin D
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Adrin Nazarian D
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Jay Obernolte R
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Kristin Olsen R
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Patrick O`Donnell D
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Jim Patterson R
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Henry Perea D
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Bill Quirk D
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Anthony Rendon D
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Sebastian Ridley-Thomas D
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Freddie Rodriguez D
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Rudy Salas D
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Miguel Santiago D
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Marc Steinorth R
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Mark Stone D
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Tony Thurmond D
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Phil Ting D
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Donald Wagner R
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Marie Waldron R
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Shirley Weber D
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Scott Wilk R
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Das Williams D
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Jim Wood D
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