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Tag: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

The Two Primary Causes of California’s July 1st Gas Tax Increase

June 25, 2025   8:59 amJune 26, 2025   12:08 pm
California gasoline already costs approximately $1.50 above the national average, and we are getting another gas tax hike next week. The gas tax increase coming July 1st that CalTax explained in our previous article is the gasoline excise tax, as...
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Senate Kills Bill that Would Have Repealed 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, Low-Carbon Fuel Regs

June 4, 2025   1:00 pmJune 4, 2025   1:30 pm
A Senate bill that would have repealed the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) gas tax increase of 65 cents a gallon and end the new LCFS Low-Carbon Fuel  regulations that were adopted last year, was killed in the Senate on Wednesday...
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Senate Enviro Committee Kills Bill to Repeal 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, and Low-Carbon Fuel  Regs

March 19, 2025   7:11 pmMarch 20, 2025   8:55 am
A Senate bill that would have repealed the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) gas tax increase of 65 cents a gallon and end the new LCFS Low-Carbon Fuel  regulations that were adopted last year, was killed in the Senate Environmental...
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Plastic Ban Bill Passes Senate Committee

April 19, 2024   2:45 amApril 19, 2024   2:46 am
A bill aimed at banning all plastic bags from grocery stores and other stores moved ahead in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday with a 5-2 vote split across party lines. Senate Bill 1053, authored by Senator Catherine Blakespear...
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Bad Water Legislation Could Upend California’s Economy, Domestic Food Supply

June 11, 2023   2:45 amJune 11, 2023   7:04 am
If the legislation coming out of Sacramento were graded on the criteria of harmful, unintended consequences, it would receive an “F” average – provided you believe harmful is bad for the citizens and not just the cost of doing government....
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California Oil Prioritization Bill Unanimously Passes Sen. Environmental Quality Committee

March 29, 2023   5:21 pmMarch 30, 2023   4:17 pm
A bill to prioritize California oil production over certain foreign imports was passed unanimously by the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday, less than a day after Governor Gavin Newsom signed the SBx1-2 oil company oversight bill into law. Senate...
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Water Rate Assistance Fund Bill To Face Tougher Senate Committees This Month

April 16, 2021   11:42 am
A Senate bill that would create a water rate assistance fund for low-income rate payers experiencing economic hardship is to go in front of another difficult Senate committee soon following passage of the bill in the Senate Energy, Utilities and...
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