California Air Resources Board

Requires CARB and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to condition the inclusion of any vehicle model in an incentive program funded through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) or the Clean Fuel Reward program or the Clean Transportation Program on certain transparency requirements, as specified. CARB and CEC must post the aggregated data on their websites. The bill also requires CARB to annually reevaluate the cap on the purchase of unredeemed vouchers in the Clean Truck and Bus Vouchers program (HVIP). Lastly, it would require CARB, in coordination with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) and the Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, to report on alternative financing opportunities that encourage deployment of zero-emission (ZE) medium and heavy-duty vehicles and retrofitting of internal combustion trucks to ZE to decrease costs by January 1, 2028, as specified.

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Would have created the Refrigerant Stewardship and Recovery Act, which would have required producers of covered products, as defined, to form and join a producer responsibility organization (PRO). The PRO would have been required to submit a plan to CalRecycle for the handling of disposal of covered products. Was amended to be about recycling major appliances.

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Would have prohibited an administrator of a grant or loan program that uses State funds to award a grant or loan from that program to a private entity that contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Requires, beginning July 1, 2028, battery suppliers and remanufacturers to equip new vehicle traction batteries or remanufactured batteries sold in the State with a permanent label or replacement label, respectively, containing specified information, as provided. The bill requires CARB to adopt regulations no later than July 1, 2031, to implement and enforce this bill as well as create a tiered fee schedule to collect fees from the battery suppliers to cover implementation costs.

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Would have narrowed the prohibition on the California Geologic Energy Management Division’s (CalGEM) approval of notices of intention for any well located within a health protection zone so that it only applies to proposed new wells. This bill would have repealed the ban on the construction or operation of new production facilities in health protection zones. This bill would have also narrowed the requirement to submit a sensitive receptor inventory and certify there are no sensitive receptors located within 3,200 ft of the well so that it only applies to operators proposing a new well. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have added a requirement that a dwelling unit must be able to stay at or below 82°F using a safe, nonmechanical cooling method to be tenantable. If an air conditioning unit is replaced, the bill requires landlords to dispose of unused refrigerants pursuant to CARB regulations. Was not heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

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Would have required the director of CalRecycle to establish a working group to study alternative methods of methane reduction. The working group would have been required to submit its findings and recommendations to the director by January 1, 2029. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to convene an interagency task force to evaluate the role of alternative manure management practices in achieving certain goals, make specified findings and recommendations, and coordinate specified scenario modeling of alternative manure management practices. The bill would have authorized CARB to incorporate the task force's findings and recommendations into its Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) Reduction Strategy, the 2027 Scoping Plan, and other planning documents as appropriate. The bill also would have required CDFA to convene relevant government agencies to create a process for approving new projects that manage livestock and dairy manure. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Temporarily increases allowable axle weight limits for zero-emission transit buses purchased under certain procurement solicitations.

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Summary

Would have required CARB to determine whether using building materials with lower embodied carbon would be cost effective during the first 2-year period of their use compared to using conventional building materials before implementing embodied carbon regulations.If not, CARB must delay or suspend, as applicable, implementation of those provisions for no less than 5 years. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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