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Special session on gasoline prices

Special session of the California Legislature convened by the governor on 5 December 2022; it passed SB X1-2.

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5 Dec 2022 – Mar 2023

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  1. 30 Nov 2022 Gavin Newsom leads Special session on gasoline prices
  2. 5 Dec 2022 – Mar 2023 Special session on gasoline prices
  3. 27 Mar 2023 Western States Petroleum Association intervened in Special session on gasoline prices
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  1. WSPA President & CEO Responds to Passage of SB X1-2, Western States Petroleum Association, 27 Mar 2023. Self-published
    The focus of this special session should have been consumers and a thorough examination of 30 years of public policies that caused California’s unique energy isolation and higher prices.
  2. Testimony of Catherine Reheis-Boyd, Western States Petroleum Association, to the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee (hearing of 22 February 2023), Western States Petroleum Association, 22 Feb 2023. Primary record
    Our industry is strongly opposed to Senate Bill X1-2 because it misguidedly focuses on profits, rather than the root cause of price spikes - a lack of supply.
  3. Governor Newsom Convenes Special Session to Hold Oil Industry Accountable for Price Gouging, Keep Money in Californians’ Pockets, Gavin Newsom, 30 Nov 2022. Primary record
    Governor Gavin Newsom today convened a special session of the California Legislature on December 5 to pass a price gouging penalty on oil companies
  4. Attorney General Bonta Announces $50 Million Settlement with Vitol and SK as Part of Ongoing Enforcement Against Big Oil, California Department of Justice, 10 Jul 2024. Primary record
    SBX1-2, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), co-sponsored by Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom, and approved by a supermajority in both the Senate and Assembly
  5. SB X1-2 and AB X2-1 Implementation, California Energy Commission. Primary record
    The law was passed during a special legislative session convened to protect Californians from price spikes at the pump, after consumers experienced extreme gasoline prices in fall 2022.
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