California Air Resources Board

Would have required CARB to prepare and publish a supplemental standardized regulatory impact assessment if a proposed regulation is significantly changed between the release of the initial SRIA and regulation adoption. This document would include the changesmade during the rulemaking process in the consumer cost analysis. The bill would have also required CARB to make the supplemental SRIA available for public review. Failed passage in the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality and was granted reconsideration.

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Would have required CARB to include in its economic impact assessment or standardized regulatory impact assessment an analysis of the costs, benefits, and net impacts on personal income across income levels, including on specific groups identified in the bill. Additionally, CARB must publish a plain language summary at the beginning of the economic assessment. This document must consider including the effect of the proposed, changed, or removed regulation on energy, gas, and utility prices. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required economic impact analyses include any direct and indirect offsetting costs associated with adoption, change, or removal of a regulation. Was not heard in the Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact.

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Would have required the Legislature to review a major regulation after it has been reviewed by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Once it receives the major regulation, the Legislature has 60-business days to review the regulation, hold an informational hearing about the regulation, and decide whether they will reject the major regulation during this timeframe. If the legislature does not reject a major regulation within the 60-business day timeframe, the major regulation would become effective. The 60-business day review period is paused when the legislature is not in session or in recess. This bill would not have impacted emergency regulation adoption. Was held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required that a standardized regulatory impact assessment completed by CARB must also include how the cost of living for California residents will be impacted. Examples of impacts include changes to the cost of gasoline, electric bills, consumer goods and foods, housing and building costs, and costs to businesses. Was held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have changed the process State agencies use to adopt major regulations. After submitting a standardized regulatory impact assessment (SRIA) to the Department of Finance, a proposal must then go to the Legislature, which would recommend legislation to authorize the adoption of the major regulation. A major regulation cannot be adopted unless a law passes that specifically allows the state agency to adopt that major regulation. State agencies are allowed to adopt major emergency regulations if the regulation is necessary to address an emergency; the regulation is adopted in accordance with subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of California Government Code Section 11346.1; and the regulation is in effect for no more than 180 days. The emergency regulation can be readopted for no more than two 90-day periods, if a SRIA is prepared and submitted to the Department of Finance and a proposal recommending legislation to allow the adoption of the major regulation is submitted to the Legislature. Failed passage in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations and was granted reconsideration.

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Revokes all CARB authority to adopt, revise, or repeal regulations and declares that any law granting authority to or requiring CARB to adopt, revise, or repeal regulations, or take an action that requires exercising regulatory authority, instead be read as only authorizing CARB to provide advice and propose measures to the Legislature for statutory enactment. The bill requires CARB to provide advice and propose measures to the Legislature for statutory enactment regarding its duties. The bill declares that it does not invalidate or repeal any regulation adopted by CARB before January 1, 2026. Failed passage in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and was granted reconsideration.

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Allows any member of the governing board of CARB to be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members elected to each house, for dereliction of duty or corruption or incompetency. The bill requires CARB to submit a proposed regulation that has costs exceeding $10 million on California consumers to the Legislative Analyst for an independent economic analysis. The bill requires CARB to prepare and publish on its website a written response to the Legislative Analyst’s report no less than 30 days before adopting the proposed regulation. The bill also requires CARB to publish on its website all final resolutions, supporting documents, and proposed regulations in their complete and final form no less than 72 hours before any CARB vote. Once published, the bill would prohibit amendments, revisions, or alterations to the final resolutions, supporting documents, or proposed regulations before CARB’s vote. Failed passage in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and was granted reconsideration.

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Would have required CARB to consider and analyze the financial burden on drivers when creating and changing regulations that would directly impact drivers. Was not heard in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

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Would have required agencies to consider cost-of-living impacts on residents before turning in a proposal to create, change, or undo a regulation. The bill would have added cost-of-living impacts to the list of considerations for an economic impact assessment (EIA) and standardized regulatory impact assessment (SRIA). This bill also would have tasked the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) with creating a consistent way to calculate cost-of-living impacts for all agencies. The LAO would have also conducted their own analysis on cost-of-living impacts due to this bill. If they found ways to lower the cost-of-living-impact, they must give that information to the regulating agency for their consideration. Additionally, this bill would have made the Department of Finance create and maintain on their website a tracker to show the total economic impact of all regulations. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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