California Air Resources Board

Summary

Prohibits, beginning January 1, 2027, a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale artificial turf, carpets or rugs, cleaning products, cookware, dental floss, fabric treatments, or upholstered furniture that contain intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The bill authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt regulations to designate additional consumer product categories to prohibit the distribution, selling, or offering for sale of consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS within those consumer product categories if DTSC determines that safer alternatives are readily available at comparable costs. Was not heard in the Senate Health Committee.

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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 Committeeand was granted reconsideration.

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Would have stated the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State to consider any potential cost burden to Californians as it works on achieving its climate goals, including its greenhouse gas emissions goals and standards under AB 32. The bill was amended to deal with farm workers.

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Would have required CARB, by January 31, 2026, to reconsider and revise the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to reduce the program's financial burden on drivers in the State. Would have required CARB, in doing so, to do all of the following: provide a complete analysis of the passed-through costs of carbon credits to drivers, including a comparison to prior methodologies; prioritize changes that directly benefit individual drivers, including revising carbon credit structures to multiply credit generation for certain pathways aligned with State priorities; evaluate the extent to which changes can be made to prioritize in-State projects and benefits; and analyze impacts that adjusting the credit price cap for the Credit Clearance Market would have on program cost and investment capabilities. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB to create the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Appeals Advisory Committee to review appeals for denied requests for exemptions from CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation. This bill would have also expanded existing ACF emergency vehicle exemptions to vehicles reasonably anticipated to respond to emergency situations or vehicles supporting those efforts. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Transportation Commission to establish a two-year competitive grant program for short-line railroad projects using funds from the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund program savings.  Eligible project types would have included rail reconstruction, maintenance, upgrade, and replacement, as well as projects that did not exceed $8 million.  Of interest to CARB due to freight funding for short rail locomotives.  Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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