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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 197	California AB 197 (20152016)	bill	State Air Resources Board: greenhouse gases: regulations.	enacted	Eduardo Garcia	9	41	12	2015-01-28	2016-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3a6aaab8-9c63-468e-8605-c99b0c94231c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB197	13b56fae27f6fcafd938fc251ceb0cf4276adca96ed8dfca78a0575a2725eb39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/08/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB197 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/24/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/3a6aaab8-9c63-468e-8605-c99b0c94231c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).