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Read. Follow. Verify.SB 10 requires state agencies to assess gender-based risks in extreme heat and climate planning
Record date · August 13, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
SB 10 requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the Natural Resources Agency to conduct a formal assessment of how extreme heat disproportionately impacts different genders by July 1, 2028. This assessment must be integrated into future updates of the state's Extreme Heat Action Plan and the California Climate Change Assessment.
This bill mandates that state climate adaptation strategies explicitly account for gender-based inequities, ensuring that future heat-mitigation policies and resource allocations are informed by gender-specific risk data.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
The office is required to conduct the gender impact assessment and integrate it into the California Climate Change Assessment.
Natural Resources Agency
The agency is required to co-conduct the gender impact assessment and update its climate adaptation policies to address gender inequities.
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Expansion of Equity Frameworks
The bill explicitly adds 'gender' to the existing legislative framework that previously focused on 'social and racial inequities' in climate adaptation.
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