State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting any regulation that establishes a specification for motor vehicle fuel unless that regulation, and a multimedia evaluation conducted by affected agencies and coordinated by the state board, are reviewed by the California Environmental Policy Council.
California AB 30 (20252026) — State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting any regulation that establishes a specification for motor vehicle fuel unless that regulation, and a multimedia evaluation conducted by affected agencies and coordinated by the state board, are reviewed by the California Environmental Policy Council.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
AB 30 Alvarez Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB30 Alvarez et al. By Richardson Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Alvarez — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Flora — author (person)
Hoover — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Mark González — coauthor (person)
Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Pacheco — coauthor (person)
Papan — coauthor (person)
Patel — coauthor (person)
Schiavo — coauthor (person)
Solache — coauthor (person)
Soria — coauthor (person)
Valladares — coauthor (person)
Wallis — coauthor (person)
Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-03-04 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
2025-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-03-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-03-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2073.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS. referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2440.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/745d69f0-9bc3-4e90-af90-e776641f2f24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).