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California SB 253 and 261

How California SB 253 and 261 works in Odoo: menus, scheduled actions and the path through it

California SB 253 and 261 adds its own menu to Odoo, CA Climate Disclosure, with sections for entities, periods, the emissions inventory, disclosures, assurance, compliance and configuration. Underneath, three active scheduled actions run once a day: CA Climate: Deadline Reminders, CA Climate: Data Quality Checks and CA Climate: Build Retention Bundles. Here is the full route, in the order the menu sets it out.

FlexigoTech · Editor in charge: Víctor Gómez · Updated 4 November 2026

Key facts

Versions
Odoo 17, 18, 19 and 20
Checked
in the module's source code, version 20.0 · against the sources linked at the end
Reading time
4 min

What appears in Odoo when you install the module

The module adds a top-level menu, CA Climate Disclosure. Inside it you will find a Dashboard and seven sections: Entities, Reporting Periods, GHG Inventory, Disclosures, Assurance, Compliance and Configuration. In this article you will see menu and scheduled action names in English, as they appear in the module, in backticks.

Configuration has a single submenu, Regulatory Parameters. The rest of the screens are spread across the other six sections, each grouping several submenus.

The route through the menu, from Dashboard to Configuration

The clearest way to read the module as a timeline is to follow the order in which the menu itself lays out the sections. This is the menu order, not a step-by-step procedure: which fields to fill in and what to check first is covered in getting California SB 253 and 261 up and running.

  1. Dashboard The first entry under CA Climate Disclosure, just above the working sections.
  1. Entities Groups Reporting Entities, Scope Determinations, Facilities and Applicability Exclusions.
  1. Reporting Periods Holds Reporting Periods, Structural Changes and Base-Year Recalculations.
  1. GHG Inventory Brings together Activity Data, Contractual Instruments, Emission Factors and Emission Factor Sources. In the screenshots below, each Activity Data line shows category, scope, quantity, unit, equivalent emissions in tonnes and status.
  1. Disclosures Includes SB 253 Packages, SB 261 Reports and Gap Statements. The animated walkthrough shows an SB 253 package in the In Review state.
  1. Assurance Contains Engagements, Scope Assignments and Comments.
  1. Compliance Groups Deadlines, Data Quality Issues, Retention Bundles, Acknowledgments, DSAR Requests and Audit Trail.
  1. Configuration At the bottom of the menu, with Regulatory Parameters.

What the inventory and assurance screens look like

The Activity Data list sits under GHG Inventory. In the screenshot, with demo data, every record belongs to the same company's 2025 financial year period, and each one shows its category, scope, quantity and unit, equivalent emissions in tonnes and the status it is in.

The same list lets you read the records by category and by scope. The statuses shown in the screenshot are Verified and Computed, so you can see at a glance which one each line is in.

Activity Data list with seven records for the 2025 financial year by category and scope
The seven Golden Poppy Provisions Inc. demo records by category and scope, with quantity, unit, equivalent emissions in tonnes and status Verified or Computed.

Under Assurance › Engagements you will find the list of assurance engagements. The screenshot shows two records for the same company, with year, provider, type of assurance, scopes covered and status.

Assurance Engagements list with two records for Golden Poppy Provisions Inc.
Two demo engagements for 2026 with provider Harbor & Pine Assurance LLP, Limited Assurance, scopes one and two, and status In Progress.

If you want to see how one screen leads to the next, the animated walkthrough moves through the inventory and assurance lists and ends on the form of a disclosure package.

Sequence of the Activity Data, Assurance Engagements and SB 253 package screens
From the Activity Data list for the 2025 financial year to the engagements in In Progress, then to an SB 253 package form in In Review with entity, period, scope one, two and three emissions, and the Methodology tab with operational control.

The scheduled actions that run every day

Alongside the menus, the module installs three scheduled actions. All three run once a day and come active:

  • CA Climate: Deadline Reminders
  • CA Climate: Data Quality Checks
  • CA Climate: Build Retention Bundles

Their names match three Compliance submenus: Deadlines, Data Quality Issues and Retention Bundles. When you look at those screens, you know which scheduled action shares their name. For the module's warnings and messages, with their literal text and what to do about each one, see the article on California SB 253 and 261 errors and warnings.

All three scheduled actions are active when the module is installed. If any of them shows as inactive in your database, check it before assuming it runs daily.

Local service, price and Odoo versions

The module works with a local FlexigoTech Cloud service. On Odoo Apps it is published for Odoo 17, 18, 19 and 20, at €9 per Odoo version, one-off payment, excluding VAT; the local service costs €29/month or €290/year excluding VAT (Pro: €58/month or €580/year).

Without a subscription, or with the service suspended, whatever the subscription provides stops, and your data stays in your Odoo. With the subscription, the module for new Odoo versions is included if you bought it on flexigotech.com; if you buy it on the Odoo App Store, each Odoo version is bought there. You can find the listing on Odoo Apps and the module page on flexigotech.com.

How FlexigoTech can help

At FlexigoTech we implement Odoo 17, 18, 19 and 20 and build bespoke connectors and integrations. If you are rolling out Odoo and want California SB 253 and 261 to fit with the rest of your setup, or you need to bring data from another system into GHG Inventory, we can help you put it together. Get in touch through the module page and tell us which Odoo version you are on.

Keep reading

California climate disclosure module error messages in Odoo: when they appear and what to doThe error messages of the California climate disclosure module for Odoo, quoted word for word: when each one appears, what it means and what to do.Setting up the California climate module in Odoo: settings, fields, states and the first weekWhich checkbox to tick, which fields and states to understand and what to review in the first week when setting up the California climate module in Odoo 17 to 20.California SB 253 and 261 in Odoo: what it covers, what it doesn't, and which versionWhat the California SB 253 and 261 module for Odoo 17, 18, 19 and 20 covers and leaves out, what you need before installing it and what changes on upgrade.
Checked in the module's source code (version 20.0) and the linked sources

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