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Bill	Embodied carbon emissions: construction materials.	The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit no later than December 31, 2030.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2446	California AB 2446 (20212022)	bill	Embodied carbon emissions: construction materials.	enacted	Holden	8	27	9	2022-02-17	2022-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0ba88b4a-6467-4c13-a4b9-58913ee99842	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2446	d45099dc144a4776d8cdef9b928936f35f4471a857d7102657bb66e518a2f593	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2446 (20212022) — Embodied carbon emissions: construction materials.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit no later than December 31, 2030.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2446 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2446 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 46–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2446 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2446 Holden et al. By Becker — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 4). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 17.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5018.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 17.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ba88b4a-6467-4c13-a4b9-58913ee99842. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).