Existing law prohibits a person from discharging from nonvehicular sources air contaminants or other materials that cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to the public, or that endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of the public, or that cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property, as specified. Existing law establishes maximum civil penalties for a person who violates air pollution laws from nonvehicular sources. Existing law provides that civil penalties for specified violations are to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General, by any district attorney, or by the attorney for any district in which the violation occurs.
California AB 1465 (20232024) — Nonvehicular air pollution: civil penalties.
Existing law prohibits a person from discharging from nonvehicular sources air contaminants or other materials that cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to the public, or that endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of the public, or that cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property, as specified. Existing law establishes maximum civil penalties for a person who violates air pollution laws from nonvehicular sources. Existing law provides that civil penalties for specified violations are to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General, by any district attorney, or by the attorney for any district in which the violation occurs.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-16 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-16 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
2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 2131.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Skinner.
2024-07-01 From inactive file.
2024-07-01 Ordered to second reading.
2024-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 15.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2b19b22-4570-4341-87e2-adb99c86d5fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).