SB 755 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Contractor Climate Transparency Act.

Summary
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. Existing law, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, requires, on or before July 1, 2025, the state board to develop and adopt regulations to require a reporting entity to, among other things, annually disclose all of the reporting entity's scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions, as defined. Existing law also requires, on or before January 1, 2026, and biennially thereafter, a covered entity to prepare a climate-related financial risk report disclosing the entity's climate-related financial risk and measures adopted to reduce and adapt to climate-related financial risk. This bill would enact the California Contractor Climate Transparency Act, which would require the state board, beginning one year after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, as specified, to require a large contractor and a significant contractor, as defined, to report annually specified information, including, for large contractors, an annual disclosure of scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, scope 3 emissions, and climate-related financial risk, as specified, and for significant contractors, an annual disclosure of scope 1 emissions and scope 2 emissions, as specified.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
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04/01/25 - Amended Senate 05/05/25 - Amended Senate · 5 edits · May 5, 2025
MODERATE
SB 755 was significantly streamlined between the April 1 and May 5 Senate amendments. The entire Public Contract Code section (Article 6, Sections 3506-3508) that would have assigned the Department of General Services a role in contractor climate reporting was removed, consolidating all authority under the State Air Resources Board via a single new Health and Safety Code section. The bill also now explicitly ties the January 1, 2027 reporting start date to one year after the effective date of regulations adopted under the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act.
Scope change
The bill's scope narrowed from a two-code approach (Public Contract Code plus Health and Safety Code) with two responsible agencies (Department of General Services and ARB) to a single Health and Safety Code section administered solely by ARB. The reporting obligations for large and significant contractors remain substantively the same in terms of what must be disclosed, but the administrative framework is simplified.
SCOPE

The entire Public Contract Code Article 6 (Sections 3506-3508), known as the California Procurement Climate Information Act, was deleted. This removed the Department of General Services as a responsible agency and eliminated its role in managing contractor climate reporting.

All reporting authority is now placed solely with the State Air Resources Board (the state board) under Section 38534 of the Health and Safety Code, rather than being split between ARB and the Department of General Services.

TIMELINE

The start date for contractor reporting is now explicitly conditioned on being 'one year after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 38532,' making it contingent on CCDA regulations actually taking effect rather than a fixed calendar date alone.

REQUIREMENT

Specific reporting deadline mechanics were removed, including the requirement that reports be submitted before December 31, 2027, and the requirement that the department provide no less than 180 days' notice of reporting deadlines.

DEFINITION

The bill title was shortened from 'California Procurement Contractor Climate Information Transparency Act' to 'California Contractor Climate Transparency Act,' reflecting the removal of the procurement-focused Public Contract Code provisions.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
3
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 964.) (April 30).
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Coms. on G.O. and E.Q.
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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