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Authors Alvarez   Flora  
Coauthors: Alanis   Ávila Farías   Carrillo   Davies   Dixon   Mark González   Hoover   Lackey   Pacheco   Papan   Patel   Michelle Rodriguez   Schiavo   Solache   Soria   Wallis   Alvarado-Gil   Valladares  
Subject State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.
Relating To relating to motor vehicle fuels.
Title An act to add Section 43013.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to motor vehicle fuels, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-02
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-02     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-02     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-09     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-03     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2440.).
2025-09-03     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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.
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.
2025-06-18     Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS.
2025-06-05     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2073.).
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-09     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-03-27     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-26     Read second time and amended.
2025-03-25     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24).
2025-03-05     Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-03-04     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-18     Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2024-12-03     From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-02
Enrolled     2025-09-05
Amended Assembly     2025-03-26
Amended Assembly     2025-03-04
Introduced     2024-12-02
Analyses TBD
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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.

This bill would, notwithstanding that prohibition, authorize blends of gasoline containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol by volume to be sold in the state for use as a transportation fuel until (1) the California Environmental Policy Council completes its review of those blends and (2) the state board either adopts a regulation establishing a specification for those blends or posts an assessment on its internet website demonstrating that it is not possible for a regulation establishing a specification for those blends to meet specified requirements.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.