AB-2560 • 2026

Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure: goals.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Schultz
Last action: 2026-04-21
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about regular reporting requirements or the process for updating CAPTI goals.

Climate Action Plan for Transportation: Goals

This law sets climate action goals for transportation projects and allows the state to update these goals.

What This Bill Does

Establishes specific goals for reducing carbon emissions in transportation infrastructure.
Requires major transportation projects funded by certain programs to apply CAPTI goals where feasible.

Who It Names or Affects

The state's Transportation Agency
Transportation project developers

Terms To Know

Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI): A set of goals and guidelines to reduce carbon emissions in transportation projects.
Fix-it-first approach: A strategy that focuses on repairing existing infrastructure before building new ones.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how the Transportation Agency will enforce these goals.
The bill does not provide details about penalties for non-compliance with CAPTI goals.
It is unclear what happens if a project cannot feasibly follow the CAPTI goals.

Bill History

2026-04-21 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2560, as amended, Schultz.
Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure: goals.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which has the power of general supervision over specified state entities. Existing law requires the agency to develop and report on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, coordinated planning and policy formation in the matters of public interest related to the agency.
This bill would establish specified goals for the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), consistent with state law.
Existing law provides for the funding of projects on the state highway system and other transportation improvements, including under the interregional transportation improvement program, the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, a program within the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program, commonly known as the Local Partnership Program, the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, the Active Transportation Program, and the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program.
This bill would establish the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) goals, and would authorize the Transportation Agency to update those CAPTI goals, as specified. The bill would require a project under the above-described programs to apply, where feasible, within the fix-it-first approach, the CAPTI goals as established or updated by the agency, as
specified.

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