SB-1239 • 2026

State Air Resources Board: regulations: supplemental impact analysis.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Jones
Last action: 2026-04-08
Official status: April 8 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 5.) Reconsideration granted.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status indicates it did not pass in committee and thus has no effective date or further legislative action.

State Air Resources Board: Extra Analysis for Major Rule Changes

This law requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare and publish an additional analysis if major regulations are significantly altered before final adoption, focusing on updated consumer cost information.

What This Bill Does

Requires the State Air Resources Board to create a supplemental standardized regulatory impact analysis when proposed regulations undergo significant changes after the initial analysis but before they become final.
This new analysis must update the consumer cost information to reflect any amendments made during the rulemaking process.
The board is required to make this additional analysis available for public review.

Who It Names or Affects

State Air Resources Board
People and businesses impacted by major regulations

Terms To Know

Regulatory Impact Analysis: A report that explains how a new rule might affect people, the economy, or the environment.
Rulemaking Process: The steps taken by government agencies to create and change rules.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass in committee.
It is unclear how many times extra analyses might be needed for a single set of regulations.

Bill History

2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
April 8 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 5.) Reconsideration granted.
2026-03-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1239, as introduced, Jones.
State Air Resources Board: regulations: supplemental impact analysis.
Existing law requires a state agency, except as specified, proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis in the manner prescribed by the Department of Finance, addressing specified considerations, and submit that analysis to the Department of Finance. Existing law requires the department to comment, within 30 days of receiving the analysis, on the extent to which the analysis adheres to specified regulations.
This bill would require the State Air Resources Board to also prepare and publish a supplemental standardized regulatory impact analysis if the proposed regulation is materially changed after release of the initial standardized regulatory impact analysis described above, and before adoption, that updates the consumer cost analysis to reflect amendments made during the rulemaking
process. The bill would require the board to make the supplemental standardized regulatory impact analysis available for public review.

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