CA AB 2046

in committee

Vehicles: pollution control devices.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2046 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 2046 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 2046 about?

Existing law prohibits a person from operating or leaving standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is required to be equipped with a motor vehicle pollution control device or any other certified motor vehicle pollution control device, as specified, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with the required motor vehicle pollution control device that is correctly installed and in operating condition, and prohibits a person from disconnecting, modifying, or altering that device. Existing law also prohibits a person from installing, selling, offering for sale, or advertising any device, apparatus, or mechanism intended for use with, or as a part of, a required motor vehicle pollution control device or system that alters or modifies the original design or performance of the motor vehicle pollution control device or system. Existing law exempts from these provisions an alteration, modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism found by resolution of the State Air Resources Board to not reduce the effectiveness of a required motor vehicle pollution control device or to result in emissions from the modified or altered vehicle that comply with existing state or federal standards, as specified. A violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would additionally exempt from the above-described provisions an alternative fuel retrofit system for a light-duty or medium-duty gasoline-fueled vehicle that converts the vehicle to a dual-fueled vehicle that can utilize gasoline or E85 fuel if the alternative fuel retrofit system has been certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a clean alternative fuel conversion system, as specified, and would prohibit the State Air Resources Board from requiring state certification, executive order approval, or any additional testing or demonstration for such an alternative fuel retrofit device.

Who sponsors CA AB 2046?

Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2046, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
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2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5218.)
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-04-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-04-07
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-02-18
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-02-17
Read first time. To print.
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-06 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Lackey: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hart: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 2046 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Garcia: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Hoover: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]
2026-06-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Dahle: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Gonzalez: other

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