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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 14

Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to, among other things, establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation, and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. Existing law requires the council to develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state, to consist of specified components, including a competitive grant and loan program for eligible entities, including, but not limited to, fishery groups and associations, for the purpose of assisting California fisheries in qualifying for certification to internationally accepted standards for sustainable seafood. This bill would, subject to the availability of funding, require the council to participate, as a stakeholder and in an advisory capacity, in the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program with air pollution control districts and air quality management districts along the coast and other stakeholders to support, in an advisory capacity, coastal air districts in their efforts to implement a statewide voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program for the California coast in order to reduce air pollution, the risk of fatal vessel strikes on whales, and harmful underwater acoustic impacts. The bill would authorize the expansion of the existing Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program to include specified components, including incentives to program participants based on a percentage of distance traveled by a participating vessel at a reduced speed, as provided. The bill would limit application of the program to vessels that are 300 gross tons or greater. The bill would require the participating air pollution control districts and air quality management districts, on or before December 31, 2029, to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the implementation of the program.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Sep 11, 2025
House		AB 14 Hart Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Sep 9, 2025
Senate		3rd Reading AB14 Hart et al. By LimónpassSet your home in California to see
Jul 17, 2025
Senate		Consent Calendar 2nd AB14 Hart et al.passSet your home in California to see
Jul 2, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 10, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
May 1, 2025
House		AB 14 Hart Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
Apr 23, 2025
House		Do pass. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 7, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Mar 25, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see

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