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CA AB30

Bill

Status

Passed

10/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Alvarez

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the sale of gasoline blends containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol by volume in California as a transportation fuel, bypassing the normal requirement for prior California Environmental Policy Council review

  • Sales authorization remains in effect until the California Environmental Policy Council completes its multimedia evaluation review AND the State Air Resources Board either adopts fuel specifications for these blends or posts an assessment showing specifications cannot meet legal requirements

  • Preserves the State Air Resources Board's authority to regulate other transportation fuels and to regulate the 10.5-15% ethanol blends after completing the required review and rulemaking process

  • Enacted as an urgency statute requiring a 2/3 vote, taking effect immediately upon the Governor's signature on October 2, 2025, to address high gasoline prices in California

Legislative Description

State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2025.

10/2/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/9/2025
Transportation7/2/2025
Environmental Quality6/18/2025
Rules6/5/2025
Appropriations3/25/2025
Natural Resources2/18/2025

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