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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1161: Administrative regulations: economic impact analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments: State Air Resources Board.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1161 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Administrative regulations: economic impact analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments: State Air Resources Board. Primary sponsor: Suzette Martinez Valladares (R). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act, and requires the state board to adopt standards, rules, and regulations that are consistent with the state goal of providing a decent home and suitable living environment for every Californian.

Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs, among other things, the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation that is not a major regulation, as defined, to prepare an economic impact assessment, as provided. Existing law requires a state agency that is proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis, as provided.

This bill would require the State Air Resources Board proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation to include in either the economic impact assessment, or the standardized regulatory impact assessment, a distributional analysis of the costs, benefits, and net impacts on personal income across income levels and an informative digest, as provided.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Suzette Martinez ValladaresPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Juan AlanisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly22
David AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly80
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Steven ChoiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Megan DahleCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Laurie DaviesCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly74
Stan EllisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly32
Anamarie Ávila FaríasCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly15
Jeff GonzalezCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly36
Heather HadwickCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly1
Josh HooverCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly7
Tom LackeyCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly34
Alexandra MacedoCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly33
Joe PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly5
Tony StricklandCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Greg WallisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly47

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. Set for hearing May 14.
  3. April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  4. Set for hearing April 20.
  5. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3792.) (April 8).
  7. Set for hearing April 8.
  8. Referred to Com. on E.Q.
  9. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
  10. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page