20250AB__003095CHP INTRODUCED 2024-12-02 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-03-04 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-03-26 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-06-04 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-03 ENROLLED 2025-09-05 CHAPTERED 2025-10-02 APPROVED 2025-10-02 FILED 2025-10-02 2025 AB CHP CHP 0 Introduced by Assembly Members Alvarez and Flora (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Ávila Farías, Carrillo, Davies, Dixon, Mark González, Hoover, Lackey, Pacheco, Papan, Patel, Michelle Rodriguez, Schiavo, Solache, Soria, and Wallis) (Coauthors: Senators Alvarado-Gil and Valladares) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alvarez LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Flora COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ávila Farías COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Dixon COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Mark González COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Hoover COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lackey COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pacheco COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Papan COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Patel COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Michelle Rodriguez COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schiavo COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Solache COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Soria COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wallis COAUTHOR SENATE Alvarado-Gil COAUTHOR SENATE Valladares

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. motor vehicle fuels, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately 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.

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. TWO_THIRDS NO YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 43013.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 43013.7. (

a) Notwithstanding

Section 43830.8, blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to percent ethanol by volume may be sold in the state for use as a transportation fuel until both of the following occur:

(1) The California Environmental Policy Council completes its review and publicly posts its findings of the multimedia evaluation for blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to percent ethanol by volume required pursuant to

Section 43830.8.

(2) The state board does either of the following: (

A) Adopts a regulation establishing a specification for blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to percent ethanol by volume. (

B) Posts an assessment on its internet website demonstrating that it is not possible for a proposed regulation establishing a specification for blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to percent ethanol by volume to meet the requirements of subdivision (

f) of

Section 43830.8. (

b) This

section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the state board to adopt and enforce transportation fuel specifications for other fuels, or for blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to percent ethanol by volume after the state board takes action pursuant to subparagraph (

A) or (

B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of

Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order to develop solutions to help reduce the price of gasoline in California as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.