2025 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 2025 California Environmental Scorecard bills and issue areas to learn more about the policies the State Legislature prioritized and passed in 2025, 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 825 Top Priority Bill Pathways Act: Western-Wide Electricity Markets Energy & Electrification Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 914 Top Priority Bill Pollution Hotspots Solution Act Pollution N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 1243 Top Priority Bill Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
SB 222 Top Priority Bill Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
SB 254 Top Priority Bill Electricity Affordability Affordability Passed Passed Signed Signed
SB 601 Top Priority Bill The Right to Clean Water Act Conservation & Resilience N/A Passed N/A Failed
SB 684 Top Priority Bill Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 28 Landfill Safety Act Pollution Passed N/A N/A Failed
AB 39 Local Electrification Planning Act Energy & Electrification Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 263 Scott and Shasta River Instream Flows Conservation & Resilience Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 288 Safeguarding the Right to Organize Democracy & Worker's Rights Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 362 Tribal Beneficial Use of Water Conservation & Resilience N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 405 The Fashion Environmental Accountability Act Pollution N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 454 California Migratory Bird Protection Act Conservation & Resilience Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 491 Codifying Nature-Based Solutions in State Climate Policy Conservation & Resilience N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 674 Expanding the Clean Cars 4 All Program Energy & Electrification N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 721 Huron Hawk Conservancy Conservation & Resilience N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 794 Keep Forever Chemicals out of California Drinking Water Pollution N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 823 Reducing Microplastics by Banning Plastic Beads & Glitter in Personal Care Products Pollution Passed Passed Vetoed Vetoed
AB 1167 California Ratepayer Protection Act Affordability Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 1207 Cap-and-Invest Pollution Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 1236 Climate and Sustainability Insurance and Risk Reduction Program Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
AB 1319 Protecting the Endangered Species Act Conservation & Resilience Passed Passed Signed Signed
AB 1448 Protecting Against Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling Pollution Passed N/A N/A Failed
SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule Pollution Passed (anti-environment) Passed (anti-environment) Vetoed (pro-environment) Vetoed (pro-environment)
SB 42 Ending the Statewide Ban on Public Financing of Elections Democracy & Worker's Rights Passed Passed Signed Signed
SB 131 Environmental Health Rollbacks Conservation & Resilience Passed (anti-environment) Passed (anti-environment) Signed (anti-environment) Signed (anti-environment)
SB 237 Big Oil Giveaways Pollution Passed (anti-environment) Passed (anti-environment) Signed (anti-environment) Signed (anti-environment)
SB 330 Electricity Infrastructure Financing Affordability N/A Passed N/A Failed
SB 350 Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
SB 541 Clean Energy Load Shifting Solutions Affordability Passed Passed Vetoed Vetoed
SB 542 Oil Spill Prevention and Pipeline Testing Pollution N/A Passed N/A Failed
SB 615 Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Pollution N/A Passed N/A Failed
SB 636 Hardship Deferments for Energy Service Affordability N/A N/A N/A Failed
SB 682 Banning Forever Chemicals in Non-Essential Uses Pollution Passed Passed Vetoed Vetoed

Top Priority Bill designates top priority bill

* Signed by Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire