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SB 77: State vehicle fleet: light-duty vehicles: raw materials: child labor.
What SB 77 does, verified February 3, 2026
The bill aims to improve the state vehicle fleet by requiring suppliers of light-duty vehicles to certify that the raw materials used in their manufacturing come from mining operations free of child labor. The supplier must provide the department with information about the locations where the raw materials were mined and the average hourly wage of the workers. The department will post this information on its website, along with a list of light-duty vehicles that meet this certification. This requirement applies to light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet, with the goal of reducing the use of vehicles that may be linked to child labor.
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| Feb. 02, 2026 | Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| May. 23, 2025 | May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| May. 16, 2025 | Set for hearing May 23. |
| Apr. 07, 2025 | April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Mar. 28, 2025 | Set for hearing April 7. |
Latest bill textAmended version, March 12, 2025 · 640 words
| Amended IN Senate March 12, 2025 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 77
| Introduced by Senator Grove |
January 15, 2025 |
An act to amend Section 25724 of the Public Resources Code, relating to the state vehicle fleet.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 77, as amended, Grove. State vehicle fleet: zero-emission light-duty vehicles: raw materials: child labor.
Existing law requires the Department of General Services, beginning no later than the 2024–25 fiscal year, to ensure that at least 50% of the light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet each fiscal year are zero-emission vehicles, except as provided. If the department determines that it cannot meet the needs of the state while fulfilling that requirement, existing law requires the department to cease implementing that requirement, as specified.
This bill would require the department to require a supplier of zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to certify that the raw materials used in the manufacturing of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles, including, but not limited to, aluminum, cobalt and lithium, come from mining operations that are free of child labor. labor, except as specified. The bill would require a the supplier of zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to provide to the department the locations where the raw materials used in the production of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles were mined and the average hourly wage of the workers that mined the raw materials, and would require the department to post on its internet website that information provided by the supplier and a list of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet that are certified to be made with raw materials that come from mining operations that are free of child labor.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 25724 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:25724.
(a) (1) Beginning no later than the 2024–25 fiscal year, the Department of General Services shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet each fiscal year are zero-emission vehicles.(2) The Department of General Services shall require a supplier of zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet to certify that the raw materials used in the manufacturing of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles, including, but not limited to, aluminum, cobalt and lithium, come from mining operations that are free of child labor.
(3) A supplier of zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet shall provide to the Department of General Services the locations where the raw materials used in the production of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles were mined and the average hourly wage of the workers that mined the raw materials.
(b) This section does not apply to vehicles that have special performance requirements necessary for the protection of public safety, as defined by the Department of General Services.
(c) (1) If the Department of General Services determines that it cannot meet the needs of the state while fulfilling the requirements of this section, the department shall hold a public hearing to make that finding, notify the Secretary of State of the finding, and cease to implement this section.
(2) The Department of General Services may base the finding required pursuant to paragraph (1) on a determination that fulfilling the requirements of this section would result in costs that are not substantially absorbable by the department when purchasing those light-duty vehicles.
(d) The Department of General Services shall post on its internet website the information required pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and a list of the zero-emission light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet that are certified to be made with raw materials that come from mining operations that are free of child labor.
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