republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air pollution: small off-road engines."
description: "Existing law imposes various limitations on the emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law assigns the responsibility for controlling vehicular sources of air pollution to the State Air Resources Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1346"
citation: "California AB 1346 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air pollution: small off-road engines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64f8868f-1a74-4ebb-8c46-79ad2bc585a7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346"
source_hash: "471a3a1c62d00af7777816603fa086c06e07db944c59cfdbaf75cbd745b0118b"
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 1346 (20212022) — Air pollution: small off-road engines.

Existing law imposes various limitations on the emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law assigns the responsibility for controlling vehicular sources of air pollution to the State Air Resources Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346&version=20210AB134699INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346&version=20210AB134698AMD)
3. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346&version=20210AB134697AMD)
4. **10/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346&version=20210AB134695CHP)
5. **AB1346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346)
6. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346&version=20210AB134696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1346 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **49–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1346 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–22** (pass) · lower
- Set, [First] hearing. Referred to suspense file. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1346 Berman et al. By Gonzalez — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — author (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 20. Page 1838.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 2485.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 3000.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 753, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64f8868f-1a74-4ebb-8c46-79ad2bc585a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).