---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Air Resources Board: greenhouse gases: regulations."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board consisting of 14 members and vests the state board with regulatory jurisdiction over air quality issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 197"
citation: "California AB 197 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Air Resources Board: greenhouse gases: regulations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6aaab8-9c63-468e-8605-c99b0c94231c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197"
source_hash: "13b56fae27f6fcafd938fc251ceb0cf4276adca96ed8dfca78a0575a2725eb39"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 197 (20152016) — State Air Resources Board: greenhouse gases: regulations.

(1) Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board consisting of 14 members and vests the state board with regulatory jurisdiction over air quality issues.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/28/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19799INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19798AMD)
3. **04/29/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19797AMD)
4. **06/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19796AMD)
5. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19795AMD)
6. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19794AMD)
7. **09/08/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19792CHP)
8. **AB197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197)
9. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197&version=20150AB19793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 197 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — **55–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB197 Eduardo Garcia By Pavley — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 197 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **45–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
- Gomez — principal coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2015-02-09** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 1778.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-13** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2016-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5231.)
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5252.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6114.)
- **2016-08-24** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6201.)
- **2016-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6201.)
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 6202.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2016-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6aaab8-9c63-468e-8605-c99b0c94231c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).