California regulators tasked with implementing and enforcing the state’s two landmark climate disclosure laws released draft regulatory text on December 9, 2025, providing additional insight on key issues, including initial deadlines for reporting greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and details on how regulators will determine annual fees. The release of the
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California Climate Disclosure Laws’ Compliance Timeline Remains Stable While New Amendments Give State Regulator More Time and Flexibility
Companies that do business in California and meet certain revenue thresholds should continue to prepare to comply with the state’s landmark climate disclosure laws that impose reporting deadlines starting in 2026, even as a newly enacted state law gives California regulators more time and flexibility in promulgating implementing regulations.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) into law on September 27, 2024, making modest amendments to California’s two signature climate disclosure laws, SB 253 and SB 261, enacted in October 2023. SB 253, or the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, requires reporting entities to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions beginning in 2026 for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and 2027 for Scope 3. SB 261, the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act, requires covered entities to publish biennial reports, beginning in January 2026, that disclose climate-related financial risk and measures adopted to reduce and adapt to that risk.Continue Reading California Climate Disclosure Laws’ Compliance Timeline Remains Stable While New Amendments Give State Regulator More Time and Flexibility