2023 California Environmental Scorecard Bills

California Environmental Voters is striving to transform our political system and cultivate environmental champions to create the opportunity for California to take the bold action needed to address the climate crisis.

Scroll through the list of 2023 California Environmental Scorecard bills and issue areas to learn more about the policies the State Legislature prioritized and passed in 2023, as well as which policies failed to pass. These are the bills that we used to determine legislators’ scores in addition to their authorship of bills and whether or not they took oil money. For a list of all the bills used to calculate California’s overall score, visit this page.

Bill # Bill Name Issues Assembly Senate Governor Result
AB 3 California Offshore Wind Energy & Jobs Act Clean Energy Economy / Job Creation and Workforce Standards and Protections Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 126 Clean Transportation Program Modernization Transportation and Land Use Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 249 School Lead Testing & Mitigation Eliminating Toxins and Pollution Passed Passed Vetoed Vetoed
AB 421 Referendum Reform Strengthening Democracy Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 460 State Water Board Emergency Interim Relief Natural Resources, Water, and Climate Resiliency Passed Failed N/A Failed
AB 593 Pathway to Clean Energy Buildings Clean Energy Economy Passed Failed N/A Failed
AB 631 Community Safety and Protection Act Eliminating Toxins and Pollution Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 985 Central Valley Air Pollution Credit Reform Eliminating Toxins and Pollution Failed Passed N/A Failed
AB 1000 Warehouse Good Neighbor Policy Eliminating Toxins and Pollution / Transportation and Land Use Failed N/A N/A Failed
AB 1167 Orphan Well Prevention Act Eliminating Toxins and Pollution Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 1248 Local Independent Redistricting Strengthening Democracy Passed Passed Vetoed Vetoed
AB 1337 Curtailing Water Usage During Shortages Natural Resources, Water, and Climate Resiliency Passed Failed N/A Failed
SB 252 Top Priority Bill California Fossil Fuel Divestment Act Clean Energy Economy Failed Passed N/A Failed
SB 253 Top Priority Bill Climate Corporate Leadership and Accountability Act Clean Energy Economy Passed Passed Signed Signed
SB 261 Top Priority Bill Climate Financial Risk Disclosure Clean Energy Economy Passed Passed Signed Signed
SB 389 Surface Water Rights Verification Natural Resources, Water, and Climate Resiliency Passed Passed Signed Signed
Top Priority Bill designates top priority bill