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Bill	Vehicular air pollution: zero-emission vehicles: civil penalties.	(1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement standards for the control of emissions from new motor vehicles that the state board finds to be necessary and technologically feasible. Existing law prohibits a new motor vehicle from being sold in the state that does not meet the emissions standards adopted by the state board. Existing law provides that a person who violates specified vehicular air pollution statutes or specified orders, rules, or regulations of the state board is subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 per vehicle. Existing law provides that any manufacturer who sells, attempts to sell, or causes to be offered for sale a new motor vehicle that fails to meet the applicable emission standards is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation. Existing law provides that a manufacturer or distributor who does not comply with the emission standards or the test procedures adopted by the state board is subject to a civil penalty of $50 per vehicle.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1685	California AB 1685 (20152016)	bill	Vehicular air pollution: zero-emission vehicles: civil penalties.	enacted	Gomez	9	28	8	2016-01-20	2016-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/47ae1bf1-0d8d-4409-9390-c8ce188fc85f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1685	6bd05ff738489f2d290bb7826b05443df862fd735d0d4cddef2e433a8842e26f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1685 (20152016) — Vehicular air pollution: zero-emission vehicles: civil penalties.

(1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement standards for the control of emissions from new motor vehicles that the state board finds to be necessary and technologically feasible. Existing law prohibits a new motor vehicle from being sold in the state that does not meet the emissions standards adopted by the state board. Existing law provides that a person who violates specified vehicular air pollution statutes or specified orders, rules, or regulations of the state board is subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 per vehicle. Existing law provides that any manufacturer who sells, attempts to sell, or causes to be offered for sale a new motor vehicle that fails to meet the applicable emission standards is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation. Existing law provides that a manufacturer or distributor who does not comply with the emission standards or the test procedures adopted by the state board is subject to a civil penalty of $50 per vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. 01/20/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/25/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1685 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1685 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 48–29 (pass) · lower
• AB 1685 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–28 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1685 Gomez By Leno — 26–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-21 From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2016-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 4774.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Coms. on E.Q., T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). 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 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5343.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6436.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 604, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47ae1bf1-0d8d-4409-9390-c8ce188fc85f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).