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SB-2 • 2026
Low-carbon fuel standard: regulations.
Low-carbon fuel standard: regulations.
Energy
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
- Sponsor
- Jones
- Last action
- Official status
- Senate
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not specify if the bill keeps existing regulations or how enforcement will occur.
Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Repealing Recent Changes
The bill cancels certain amendments made in November 2024 to the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
What This Bill Does
- Removes specified amendments made on November 8, 2024, to the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Air Resources Board
- Fuel producers and distributors who follow California's fuel standards
Terms To Know
- Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
- Rules that set limits on how much carbon can be in fuels to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- State Air Resources Board
- The California agency responsible for setting and enforcing rules about air quality and reducing pollution.
Limits and Unknowns
- Does not specify what happens if the board makes similar changes in the future.
- Does not provide details on how the cancellation of amendments will be enforced.
Bill History
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Official Summary Text
SB 2, as amended, Jones.
Low-carbon fuel standard: regulations.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
This bill would void specified amendments to the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations adopted by the state board on November 8,
2024.
2024, or as subsequently adopted, as specified.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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