Free tool · California SB 253

California already named the companies it expects to report. Find out if you're on the list.

SB 253 requires companies with over $1 billion in revenue doing business in California to report their emissions — first reports due November 10, 2026 (deferred from August 10 on June 24, 2026; final rulemaking pending). CARB published a preliminary list of 4,160 covered entities; we deduplicated it to ~3,100 companies. Search the companies identified so far.

Company name

Start typing to search ~3,100 covered companies. Results are based on CARB's preliminary list.

~3,100

companies in scope

Nov 10, 2026

SB 253 first reports due (deferred from Aug 10)

Up to $500K/yr

penalty exposure per reporting year

How it works

Three steps to know where you stand

Check the published list, run the self-check if you're not on it, and get a readout of your exact obligations.

Search the list

Type your company name to see whether CARB's preliminary list flags you for SB 253, SB 261, or both.

Run the self-check

Not listed? A 30-second revenue-and-nexus check estimates whether the thresholds still pull you in.

Get your readout

See your exact deadlines, penalty exposure, the first-year good-faith provision, and what to file.

Readiness

Not on the list? Run the 30-second self-check

CARB's list is preliminary and not exhaustive. Inclusion is not a final determination of coverage, and absence is not an exemption — answer two questions to gauge your exposure.

Total annual revenue (worldwide gross receipts, tested against the lesser of your two prior fiscal years)

Over $1 billion $500 million – $1 billion Under $500 million

Does the company do business in California?

"Doing business in California" generally means being organized or commercially domiciled in California, or having California sales, property, or payroll above the thresholds in Revenue & Taxation Code §23101 — broadly, actively engaging in transactions in the state for financial gain.

Yes No

Company name

Work email

First name

Last name

The readout covers your exact deadlines, penalty exposure (up to $500,000 per reporting year), the first-year good-faith provision, and what to file.

What you'll see

Your readout, made plain

Every result shows the same clear treatment: who's flagged, the dates that matter, and the dollars at stake.

In-N-Out Burger appears on CARB's preliminary covered-entities list, flagged for SB 253 and SB 261

Shown exactly as CARB lists it. Inclusion is not a final determination of coverage.

When	What	Exposure
Jan 1, 2026	SB 261 first climate-related financial risk report	Up to $50,000 per reporting year
Nov 10, 2026	SB 253 first emissions report (Scope 1 & 2) — deferred from Aug 10, 2026; final rulemaking pending	$500,000 per reporting year
2027	SB 253 Scope 3 emissions reporting begins	$500,000 per reporting year

First-year good-faith provision

For the initial 2026 reporting cycle, CARB has signaled it will not assess penalties for incomplete Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting where companies demonstrate a good-faith effort to comply. Starting now protects you.

Check your own company to get its exact filing checklist and deadlines.

Check your company

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