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Bill	Low-carbon transportation fuels.	The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by 2020 equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels of 1990. The state board additionally is required to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 692	California AB 692 (20152016)	bill	Low-carbon transportation fuels.	enacted	Quirk	9	31	10	2015-02-25	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d1625cd9-97ca-4748-b184-4db0c708634d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB692	bdd74e529cebb5a3a03ff41922dc54788cbc53797671b72ebc02acb4ec402fe7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 692 (20152016) — Low-carbon transportation fuels.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by 2020 equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels of 1990. The state board additionally is required to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB692 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB692 Quirk By Wieckowski — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 692 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–27 (pass) · lower
• AB 692 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 52–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2015-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1613.)
• 2015-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 1915.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Measure version as amended on September 4 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2642.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3060.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1625cd9-97ca-4748-b184-4db0c708634d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).