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Assembly bill · 20252026

AB 40

California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impact reports: coal handling, storage, and export.

Became lawOfficial record on California Legislative Information

Progress

667 days from first to latest action, across 43 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Dec 2

  2. Referred to committee

    Feb 3

  3. Heard in committee

    Mar 26

  4. Reported from committee

    Mar 26

  5. Passed first chamber

    Apr 21

  6. Passed second chamber

    Aug 25

  7. Sent to governor

    Sep 8

  8. Became law

    Sep 30

AssemblySenateDecMarJunSepDecMarJunSep

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Assembly · Mar 25, 2025

Passed 12–0

12 Yea

0 Nay

3 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Do pass.

Assembly · Apr 9, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 10–3

10 Yea

3 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

AB 40 Bonta Third Reading Urgency

Assembly · Apr 21, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 58–9

58 Yea

9 Nay

12 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Senate · Jun 11, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 7–1

7 Yea

1 Nay

3 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Senate · Jul 1, 2026Party-line vote

Passed 4–2

4 Yea

2 Nay

1 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

3rd Reading AB40 Bonta et al. By Arreguín

Senate · Aug 25, 2026Party-line vote

Passed 30–10

30 Yea

10 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

Assembly · Aug 27, 2026Party-line vote

Passed 10–4

10 Yea

4 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

AB 40 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Assembly · Aug 28, 2026Party-line vote

Passed 50–17

50 Yea

17 Nay

12 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Full history

Every action recorded by California Legislative Information.

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 864, Statutes of 2026.

    Sep 30, 2026 · Joint

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    Sep 30, 2026 · Joint

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    Sep 8, 2026 · Joint

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 6784.). Natural Resources

    Aug 28, 2026 · Assembly

  5. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 27). Natural Resources

    Aug 27, 2026 · Assembly

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6606.)

    Aug 26, 2026 · Assembly

  7. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Natural Resources

    Aug 26, 2026 · Assembly

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

    Aug 25, 2026 · Assembly

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5791.).

    Aug 25, 2026 · Senate

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Aug 24, 2026 · Senate

  11. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    Aug 21, 2026 · Senate

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Aug 18, 2026 · Senate

  13. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    Aug 17, 2026 · Senate

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Aug 4, 2026 · Senate

  15. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Environmental Quality

    Aug 3, 2026 · Senate

  16. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Appropriations

    Jul 2, 2026 · Senate

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 1).

    Jul 2, 2026 · Senate

  18. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. Environmental Quality

    Jun 22, 2026 · Senate

  19. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 (c). Rules

    Jun 15, 2026 · Senate

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    Jun 15, 2026 · Senate

  21. Ordered to second reading.

    Jun 15, 2026 · Senate

  22. From inactive file.

    Jun 15, 2026 · Senate

  23. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.

    Sep 13, 2025 · Senate

  24. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Aug 25, 2025 · Senate

  25. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2233.)

    Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

  26. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

  27. Ordered to second reading.

    Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

  28. From inactive file.

    Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

  29. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.

    Jul 7, 2025 · Senate

  30. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Jul 1, 2025 · Senate

  31. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Appropriations

    Jun 30, 2025 · Senate

  32. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Appropriations

    Jun 12, 2025 · Senate

  33. Referred to Com. on HEALTH. Health

    May 7, 2025 · Senate

  34. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Senate

  35. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 1174.).

    Apr 21, 2025 · Assembly

  36. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly

  37. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 9). Appropriations

    Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

  38. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Appropriations

    Mar 26, 2025 · Assembly

  39. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. Health

    Mar 6, 2025 · Assembly

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

    Mar 5, 2025 · Assembly

  41. Referred to Com. on HEALTH. Health

    Feb 3, 2025 · Assembly

  42. From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

    Dec 3, 2024 · Assembly

  43. Read first time. To print.

    Dec 2, 2024 · Assembly

Authors

and 5 coauthors or sponsors

Show 5 more
  • Jesse Arreguín coauthorD
  • Chris Rogers coauthorD
  • Henry Stern coauthorD
  • Liz Ortega coauthorD
  • Steve Bennett coauthorD

In committee

  • Health

    Assembly

    Referred Feb 3, 2025 · heard Mar 26, 2025 · reported after 51 days

  • Appropriations

    Assembly

    Referred Mar 26, 2025 · heard Apr 9, 2025 · reported after 14 days

  • Health

    Senate

    Referred May 7, 2025 · heard Jun 12, 2025 · reported after 36 days

  • Appropriations

    Senate

    Referred Jun 12, 2025 · heard Jun 30, 2025 · reported after 18 days

  • Rules

    Senate

    Referred Jun 15, 2026 · never reported

  • Environmental Quality

    Senate

    Referred Jun 22, 2026 · heard Jul 2, 2026 · reported after 10 days

  • Natural Resources

    Assembly

    Referred Aug 26, 2026 · heard Aug 27, 2026 · reported after 1 day

Topics

CaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityActcoalhandling,storage,andexportenvironmentalimpactreports

Bill text

  • 12/02/24 - IntroducedPDF
  • 03/05/25 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • 08/21/25 - Amended SenatePDF
  • 06/15/26 - Amended SenatePDF
  • 07/02/26 - Amended SenatePDF
  • 08/17/26 - Amended SenatePDF
  • 08/21/26 - Amended SenatePDF
  • 09/02/26 - EnrolledPDF
  • 09/30/26 - ChapteredPDF
  • AB40HTML

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AB 40 (20252026) · Polis