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.

267 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2019-2020 ACA 17 2020 - Assembly Constitutional Amendment 17 (Gray, Adam), Hydroelectric Generation Facilities (Dead)Gray.Adam Energy Dead
2019-2020 ACA 18 2020 - Assembly Constitutional Amendment 18 (Cunningham, Jordan), Nuclear Energy (Dead)Cunningham.Jordan Energy Dead
2021-2022 Assembly Concurrent Resolution 188 2022 - Assembly Concurrent Resolution 188 (Holden, Chris), Independent System Operator: Regional Cooperation: Study (Chaptered)Holden.Chris Energy Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 6 2022 - SB 6 (Caballero, Anna), Local Planning: Housing: Commercial Zones (Chaptered)Caballero.Anna Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 7 2021 – Senate Bill 7 (Atkins, Toni), Environmental Quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Atkins.Toni CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 12 2022 - SB 12 (McGuire, Mike), Local Government: Planning and Zoning: Wildfires (Dead)McGuire.Mike Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 SB 12 2021 – Senate Bill 12 (McGuire, Mike), Local Government Planning and Zoning: Wildfires (2-Year)McGuire.Mike Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 SB 18 2021 – Senate Bill 18 (Skinner, Nancy), Evaluations and Role of Hydrogen in Climate Change Goals (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Fuels, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 30 2021 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (2-Year)Cortese.Dave Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 30 2022 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 31 2021 - Senate Bill 31 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 32 2021 - Senate Bill 32 (Cortese, Dave), General Plan: Building Decarbonization Requirements (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 44 2021 - Senate Bill 44 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Judicial Review: Environmental Leadership Transit Projects (Chaptered)Allen.Ben CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 67 2021 - Senate Bill 67 (Becker, Josh), California 24/7 Clean Energy Standard Program (2-Year)Becker.Josh Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 67 2022 - Senate Bill 67 (Becker, Josh), California 24/7 Clean Energy Standard Program (Dead)Becker.Josh Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 68 2021 - Senate Bill 68 (Becker, Josh), Building Electrification and Electric Vehicle Charging (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 84 2023 – Senate Bill 84 (Gonzalez, Lena), Air quality programs: funding (Dead) Gonzalez.Lena Incentives, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 99 2021 - Senate Bill 99 (Dodd, Bill), Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 (Dead)Dodd.Bill Energy, Incentives Dead
2019-2020 SB 122 2020 - Senate Bill 122 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Trailer Bill: Transportation (Dead)Budget.Committee Budget, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 140 2021 – Senate Bill 140 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Housing (2-year)Budget.Committee Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2019-2020 SB 146 2020 - Senate Bill 146 (Beall, Jim), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies: Procedural Requirements (Chaptered)Beall.Jim Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 182 2020 - Senate Bill 182 (Jackson, Hannah-Beth), Local Government Planning and Zoning for Wildfires (Vetoed)Jackson.Hannah Beth Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 261 2022 - SB 261 (Allen, Ben), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies (Dead)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 261 2021 - Senate Bill 261 (Allen, Ben), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2019-2020 SB 288 2020 - Senate Bill 288 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions for Transit and Alternative Transportation Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 310 2023 – Senate Bill 310 (Dodd, Bill), Prescribed Fire: Cultural Burns (2-Year) Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 SB 339 2021- Senate Bill 339 (Wiener, Scott), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 350 2020 - Senate Bill 350 (Hill, Jerry), Pacific Gas and Electric Receivership: The Golden State Energy Act (Chaptered)Hill.Jerry Energy Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 414 2023 – Senate Bill 414 (Allen, Ben), Climate Change: Applications Using Hydrogen: Assessment (Dead)Allen.Ben Energy Dead
2023-2024 SB 415 2023 – Senate Bill 415 (Durazo, María Elena), Air Quality: Rules and Regulations: Socioeconomic Impacts Assessment (Dead) Durazo.Maria Elena Administrative Procedures, Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead

Additional Information

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