SB 77 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

State vehicle fleet: light-duty vehicles: raw materials: child labor.

Summary
Existing law requires the Department of General Services, beginning no later than the 2024–25 fiscal year, to ensure that at least 50% of the light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet each fiscal year are zero-emission vehicles, except as provided. If the department determines that it cannot meet the needs of the state while fulfilling that requirement, existing law requires the department to cease implementing that requirement, as specified. This bill would require the department to require a supplier of light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to certify that the raw materials used in the manufacturing of the light-duty vehicles, including, but not limited to, aluminum, cobalt and lithium, come from mining operations that are free of child labor, except as specified. The bill would require the supplier of light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to provide to the department the locations where the raw materials used in the production of the light-duty vehicles were mined and the average hourly wage of the workers that mined the raw materials, and would require the department to post on its internet website that information provided by the supplier and a list of the light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet that are certified to be made with raw materials that come from mining operations that are free of child labor.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

01/15/25 - Introduced 03/12/25 - Amended Senate · 3 edits · Mar 12, 2025
MINOR
The amended version narrows the bill's scope from all zero-emission vehicles purchased for the state fleet to specifically zero-emission light-duty vehicles, and adds aluminum to the list of raw materials that must be certified as sourced from child-labor-free mining operations. These changes make the supply chain transparency requirements more targeted and practical by limiting them to a specific vehicle category while broadening the range of covered materials.
SCOPE

The bill's applicability was narrowed from all zero-emission vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to only zero-emission light-duty vehicles. This means heavy-duty zero-emission trucks or other non-light-duty vehicles would no longer be subject to the child labor certification and reporting requirements.

The legislative counsel's digest was updated to reflect the narrowed scope (zero-emission light-duty vehicles) and to include a description of the existing provision allowing the department to cease implementation if it determines it cannot meet state needs while fulfilling the requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Aluminum was added to the list of raw materials (alongside cobalt and lithium) that suppliers must certify came from mining operations free of child labor. This expands the range of materials subject to supply chain transparency obligations.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
2
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 352.) (March 11).
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Shannon Grove
RRepublican
CA
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