California SB795: Air pollution: gasoline vapor control systems: ethanol blends.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 41954.2 to, and to add and repeal Sections 25299.9, 41954.1, and 41958.5 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to add and repeal Section 147.7 of the Labor Code, relating to air pollution. air pollution Air pollution: gasoline vapor control systems: ethanol blends. (1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution…

From the chaptered text, September 19, 2026:

An act to add Section 41954.2 to, and to add and repeal Sections 25299.9, 41954.1, and 41958.5 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to add and repeal Section 147.7 of the Labor Code, relating to air pollution. air pollution Air pollution: gasoline vapor control systems: ethanol blends. (1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law authorizes blends of gasoline containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol by volume to be sold in the state for use as a transportation fuel until specified actions are taken by the California Environmental Policy Council and the state board. Existing law requires the state board to adopt performance standards for gasoline vapor control systems during gasoline marketing operations and to certify any gasoline vapor control system that meets those performance standards and other specified requirements. Existing law also requires the State Fire Marshal, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Division of Measurement Standards to adopt rules and regulations on various aspects of gasoline vapor control systems and components and to certify compliance of those systems and components with their respective rules and regulations. This bill would authorize, until January 1, 2029, vapor control systems and their components at gasoline dispensing …

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Sponsors

• Laura Richardson (D, SD35) · primary sponsor