AB41 - State Air Resources Board: regulations: impact estimates: retail gasoline prices: public disclosure.

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 41 Introduced by Assembly Member Macedo December 02, 2024 An act to add Section 39601.6 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 41, as introduced, Macedo. State Air Resources Board: regulations: impact estimates: retail gasoline prices: public disclosure. Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the Clean Air Act, and requires the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations that are consistent with the state goal of providing a decent home and suitable living environment for every Californian. This bill would require the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, before adopting or amending a regulation that imposes costs on gasoline refiners, distributors, or retailers, to make available to the public, including on its internet website, an estimate of the impact on retail gasoline prices due to the proposed new regulation or the existing regulation and the proposed amendments to that regulation. The bill would require the estimate to include a maximum estimated impact on retail gasoline prices that assumes the maximum possible cost imposed, as specified, and that all costs are passed on to consumers. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 39601.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 39601.6. (a) Before adopting or amending a regulation that imposes costs on gasoline refiners, distributors, or retailers, the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall make available to the public, including on its internet website, an estimate of the impact on retail gasoline prices due to either of the following. (1) The proposed new regulation. (2) The existing regulation and the proposed amendments to that regulation. (b) An estimate prepared pursuant to this section shall include a maximum estimated impact on retail gasoline prices that assumes the maximum possible cost imposed under the regulation on refiners, distributors, or retailers, and that all costs are passed on to consumers.