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AB-1352 • 2026

Community air protection programs: financial support.

Community air protection programs: financial support.

Budget Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Solache
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the implementation of air quality improvement programs beyond funding allocation.

Support for Air Quality Programs

AB-1352 allocates money from a fund to support the State Air Resources Board's air quality improvement programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Allocates 10% of annual proceeds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to support air quality improvement programs.
  • Provides funding for grants, technical assistance, community participation, and incentives related to air quality programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State Air Resources Board
  • Communities affected by poor air quality

Terms To Know

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
A fund that receives money from the sale of allowances for greenhouse gas emissions and is used to support various environmental programs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the funds will be distributed among different air quality programs.
  • It is unclear what specific changes are made to existing laws about developing plans for significant air quality events.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-25 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  4. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  5. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  6. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  7. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  8. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1352, as amended, Solache.
Air quality health planning.
Community air protection programs: financial support.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law continuously appropriates portions of the fund for various purposes.
Existing law requires the state board to implement various programs to improve air quality, including air monitoring programs,
grant programs, community emissions reduction programs, programs to reduce mobile and stationary sources of criteria air pollutants or toxic air contaminants, and various incentive programs to purchase or retrofit vehicles that meet specified criteria.
This bill would continuously appropriate 10% of the annual proceeds of the fund to the state board to provide funding for purposes of awarding grants, providing technical assistance, supporting community participation, and offering incentives in connection with specified programs to improve air quality, thereby making an appropriation.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public health to develop a plan, addressing specified issues, with recommendations and guidelines for counties to use in the case of a significant air quality event, as defined, caused by wildfires or other sources. Existing law requires the department to consult with specified stakeholders in developing the plan.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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