Bill Commons

CA AB 30

enacted

State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 30 pass?

Yes. CA AB 30 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-02): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 30 about?

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting any regulation that establishes a specification for motor vehicle fuel unless that regulation, and a multimedia evaluation conducted by affected agencies and coordinated by the state board, are reviewed by the California Environmental Policy Council. This bill would, notwithstanding that prohibition, authorize blends of gasoline containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol by volume to be sold in the state for use as a transportation fuel until (1) the California Environmental Policy Council completes its review of those blends and (2) the state board either adopts a regulation establishing a specification for those blends or posts an assessment on its internet website demonstrating that it is not possible for a regulation establishing a specification for those blends to meet specified requirements. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 30?

Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 30, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting any regulation that establishes a specification for motor vehicle fuel unless that regulation, and a multimedia evaluation conducted by affected agencies and coordinated by the state board, are reviewed by the California Environmental Policy Council. This bill would, notwithstanding that prohibition, authorize blends of gasoline containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol by volume to be sold in the state for use as a transportation fuel until (1) the California Environmental Policy Council completes its review of those blends and (2) the state board either adopts a regulation establishing a specification for those blends or posts an assessment on its internet website demonstrating that it is not possible for a regulation establishing a specification for those blends to meet specified requirements. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-10-02 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvarezauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Ávila Faríascoauthor
  • Carrillocoauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • Dixoncoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Hoovercoauthor
  • Lackeycoauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Papancoauthor
  • Patelcoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Schiavocoauthor
  • Solachecoauthor
  • Soriacoauthor
  • Walliscoauthor
  • Alvarado-Gilcoauthor
  • Floraauthor
  • Valladarescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-02

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-02

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2440.).

    amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  7. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  11. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-06-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2073.).

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  16. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-03-26

    Read second time and amended.

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  19. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24).

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  20. 2025-03-05

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-04

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  23. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  24. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 03/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-04Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/02/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-02Compare
  • AB30Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-24 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wicks: other
    • Pellerin: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 30 Alvarez Third Reading Urgency

    2025-06-04 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Addis: other
    • Pellerin: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

    2025-07-02 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB30 Alvarez et al. By Richardson Urgency Clause

    2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes

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