California Air Quality and Climate Legislation

CARB’s Office of Legislative Affairs serves as the principal resource on legislative issues relative to air quality and climate change for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor’s Office. The Office of Legislative Affairs provides technical expertise relating to pending legislation and serves as a resource to the Legislature and legislative staff.

CARB's 2020 California Air Quality and Climate Legislation webpage catalogues the most pertinent legislation that CARB's Office of Legislative Affairs tracked during the previous Legislative session. Beginning with the 2020 session, CARB transitioned to this modernized, web-based platform, which can be accessed below. The annual summaries for the 1998 through 2019 sessions are available at CARB's California Air Quality Legislation Archive.

Session Sort ascending Bill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2025-2026 SB 470 2025 - SB 470 (Laird, John), Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: Teleconferencing (Chaptered)Laird.John Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 939 2025 – Assembly Bill 939 (Schultz, Nick), The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 (2-Year)Schultz.Nick Incentives, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1232 2025 - AB 1232 (Ávila Farías, Anamarie), Administrative Procedure Act: Proposed Regulations: Cost of Living Impact (Dead)Avila-Farias Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 AB 471 2025 - AB 471 (Hart, Gregg), County Air Pollution Control Districts: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District: Board Members (Chaptered) Hart.Gregg Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 766 2025 – Assembly Bill 766 (Sharp-Collins, LaShae), State Agencies and Departments: Strategic Plans: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Vetoed)Sharp-Collins.LaShae Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 91 2025 – Assembly Bill 91 (Harabedian, John), State and Local Agencies: Demographic Data (Chaptered)Harabedian.John Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 620 2025 – Assembly Bill 620 (Jackson, Corey), Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: Rental Vehicles (Vetoed)Jackson.Corey Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Vetoed
2025-2026 SB 415 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 474 2025 - SB 474 (Niello, Roger), CARB: Regulatory Authority: Revocation (2-Year)Niello.Roger Administrative Procedures 2-year
2025-2026 SB 441 2025 - SB 441 (Hurtado, Melissa), CARB: Membership: Removal: Regulations: Review (2-Year)Hurtado.Melissa Administrative Procedures 2-year
2025-2026 AB 907 2025 - AB 907 (Chen, Phillip), CARB: Board Members: Compensation (2-Year)Chen.Phillip Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 SB 688 2025 - SB 688 (Niello, Roger), Office of Regulatory Counsel (Dead) Niello.Roger Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 SB 615 2025 - Senate Bill 615 (Allen, Ben), Vehicle Traction Batteries (2-Year)Allen.Ben Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Toxics and Hazardous Waste 2-year
2025-2026 SB 86 2025 - Senate Bill 86 (McNerney, Jerry), California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (Chaptered)McNerney.Jerry Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1238 2025 - Assembly Bill 1238 (DeMaio, Carl), California Energy Consumer Freedom Act: Gas Appliances (2-Year)DeMaio.Carl Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 AB 33 2025 - Assembly Bill 33 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Autonomous Vehicles (2-Year)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 SB 496 2025 – Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado, Melissa), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: Appeals Advisory Committee: Exemptions (Dead)Hurtado.Melissa Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Dead
2025-2026 AB 1266 2025 – Assembly Bill 1266 (Solache, José Luis), Air Districts: Administrative Rulemaking: Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis (2-Year)Solache.Jose Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1111 2025 – Assembly Bill 1111 (Soria, Esmeralda), Pupil Transportation: Schoolbuses: Zero-Emission Vehicles: Scrapping (Dead)Soria.Esmeralda Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2025-2026 AB 735 2025 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (2-Year)Carrillo.Juan Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year

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