California Air Resources Board

Summary 

Would have created an exception to the prohibition of any action that alters or modifies a vehicle’s catalytic converter by allowing for a new aftermarket catalytic converter that has been approved for sale and use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee. 

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Would have amended the California Constitution to declare that the people have a right to clean air and water and a healthy environment. Missed deadline for bill passage in the Assembly.

Would have required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle), in consultation with CARB, to include product labeling requirements that reduce food waste in regulations pursuant to SB 1383’s (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) Short-lived Climate Pollutant Strategy. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have defined pyrolysis the thermal decomposition of material at elevated temperatures in the absence or near absence of oxygen and required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, no later than January 1, 2026, to amend the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Strategy regulations to include, as a recovered organic waste product attributable to a local jurisdiction’s procurement target, pipeline biomethane converted exclusively from organic waste. Ordered to the inactive file on the Senate floor.

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Would have formally expanded California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery's California Climate Investments program for food waste prevention to include recovery of edible food, including, but not limited to, the transportation of recovered edible food, and the purchase or subscription to technology or software that improves the efficiency and tracking of edible food recovery. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to include drones as an eligible agricultural equipment under the Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) as part of the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP). Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. 

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Would have established a Green Assistance Program under the California Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical support to small businesses and non-profits seeking to apply for Greenhouse Gas Reductions Fund money, and also provide technical assistance on environmental regulations. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Summary 

Would have imposed an additional annual $4 charge on each motor vehicle registered in the state to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with the revenues deposited into the Air Quality Improvement Fee Fund, which the bill would have created. The bill would have continuously appropriated the revenues in the fund to the DMV for distribution upon request to air districts based upon the amount of the charges collected from motor vehicles registered within each air district. This bill would have required these revenues to be used for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies, as specified, or for the attainment or maintenance of State or federal ambient air quality standards or the reduction of toxic air contaminant emissions from motor vehicles. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have prohibited the establishment of new transformation or engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion facilities in the State until California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has determined that the State has achieved solid waste and organic waste policy goals for three consecutive years. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have increased the priority population minimum investment amounts for California Climate Investments from 25% to 50% for disadvantaged communities and from 5% to 15% for low-income communities. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.