republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1305.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State vehicle fleet: alternative fuel vehicles."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to develop and adopt specification and standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks for the state vehicle fleet, as specified. Existing law requires the department, in conjunction with the commission and the state board, to amend the \"Enhanced Efficiency Costing Methodology for Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Vehicles\" to rank the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement by state and local governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1305"
citation: "California SB 1305 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State vehicle fleet: alternative fuel vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb350f02-2765-424e-b020-0f2a59ee76ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305"
source_hash: "f628eb6f3932e2f432bd1ff39c8b22991cd2478b60a1c9a177b69c5a883c0bf3"
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 SB 1305 (20212022) — State vehicle fleet: alternative fuel vehicles.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to develop and adopt specification and standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks for the state vehicle fleet, as specified. Existing law requires the department, in conjunction with the commission and the state board, to amend the "Enhanced Efficiency Costing Methodology for Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Vehicles" to rank the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement by state and local governments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305&version=20210SB130599INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305&version=20210SB130598AMD)
3. **04/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305&version=20210SB130597AMD)
4. **08/15/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305&version=20210SB130595CHP)
5. **SB1305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305)
6. **08/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1305&version=20210SB130596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1305 Laird et al. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1305 Laird Senate Third Reading By Boerner Horvath — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3252.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 3643.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5713.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb350f02-2765-424e-b020-0f2a59ee76ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).