The HFC Related Bills have had some updates that you may want to be aware of.
California’s State Senate Bill 1383:
This bill would require that the state of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy, in development by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), to be implemented by January 1, 2018.
At the April 6 Committee on Environmental Quality hearing, much of the discussion focused on the methane component of the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy. In a 4 to 2 vote, the bill was amended and passed.
The bill is currently under consideration by the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality.
To monitor the status of the Senet Bill 1383, plesase click this link => http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1383
Kentucky’s HB 104:
This legislation would restrict Kentucky’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specified to include those from HFCs, without a statutory mandate from Congress or that state’s legislature.
After being referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment back in January, it appears that nothing further has occurred with this bill. The Kentucky General Assembly has relatively short legislative sessions – 60 legislative days in an even-numbered year such as 2016, which cannot extend beyond April 15. It will need to be reintroduced in the next legislative session, in 2017, in order to be considered again.
To monitor the status of HB 104 plesase click this link => http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB104.htm
