California Climate Reporting Bill Reintroduced

Disclosure requirements could have national impact.

On January 30, 2023, Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 253, known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which would require companies to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to regulate those emissions. Wiener introduced an earlier version of the bill, SB 260, in 2021. That bill passed the stat…