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CA AB 786

enacted

California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 786 pass?

Yes. CA AB 786 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 710, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 786 about?

Existing law establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, which consists of 3 members: the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, and the Controller. Existing law requires the authority to provide the maximum opportunity for the use of the authority's financing by individuals, businesses engaged in agricultural operations, and small businesses or corporations by providing information, assistance, and coordination to facilitate financing for small projects and other financing that benefits the environment and the economy of the state, as specified. This bill would rename the authority as the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code proposed by AB 70 to be operative only if this bill and AB 70 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA AB 786?

Solache is the primary sponsor of CA AB 786.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, which consists of 3 members: the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, and the Controller. Existing law requires the authority to provide the maximum opportunity for the use of the authority's financing by individuals, businesses engaged in agricultural operations, and small businesses or corporations by providing information, assistance, and coordination to facilitate financing for small projects and other financing that benefits the environment and the economy of the state, as specified. This bill would rename the authority as the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code proposed by AB 70 to be operative only if this bill and AB 70 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2025-06-03
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 710, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Solacheauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Com. on B.&F.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  6. 2025-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  9. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)

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  10. 2025-05-15

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  11. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-06-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  13. 2025-06-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  14. 2025-06-23

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  15. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  16. 2025-06-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.).

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  17. 2025-06-27

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  18. 2025-06-30

    Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

    referral-committee

  19. 2025-08-20

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. 2025-08-21

    Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-08-21

    Ordered to the Senate.

  22. 2025-08-21

    In Senate. Held at Desk.

  23. 2025-08-29

    Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-08-29

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  25. 2025-08-29

    Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.

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  26. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  27. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  28. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  29. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2704.).

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  30. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  31. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3236.).

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  32. 2025-09-22

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

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  33. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  34. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 710, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 06/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-03Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB786Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-21 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Chen: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes
  • AB 786 Solache Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-15 · pass · 69-0

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

    2025-06-09 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Strickland: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Menjivar: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-06-27 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: other
    • Reyes: other
  • 3rd Reading AB786 Solache By Gonzalez

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
  • AB 786 Solache Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Tangipa: other

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