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.

329 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 SB 697 2021 - Senate Bill 697 (Hueso, Ben), Cap-and-Trade Program: Green Hydrogen Credit Program (Dead)Hueso.Ben Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 709 2023 – Senate Bill 709 (Allen, Ben), Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations: biogas derived from livestock manure (Dead) Allen.Ben Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2023-2024 SB 720 2023 – Senate Bill 720 (Stern, Henry), Aviation: airports: report: emissions: GO-Biz (2-Year) Stern.Henry Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 726 2022 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 726 2021 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change 2-year
2019-2020 SB 732 2020 - Senate Bill 732 (Allen, Ben), South Coast Air Quality Management District Transactions and Use Tax (Dead)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 759 2022 - Senate Bill 759 (Hueso, Ben), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Methane: Organic Waste: Landfills. (Dead)Hueso.Ben Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 759 2021 - Senate Bill 759 (Hueso, Ben), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Methane: Organic Waste: Landfills (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 778 2022 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete. (Dead) Becker.Josh Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 778 2021 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete (2-Year)Becker.Josh Climate Change 2-year
2019-2020 SB 802 2020 - Senate Bill 802 (Glazer, Steven), Deenergization and Health Facility Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Glaser.Steven Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 808 2020 - Senate Bill 808 (Mitchell, Holly), Budget Act of 2020 (Dead)Mitchell.Holly Budget, Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2019-2020 SB 858 2020 - Senate Bill 858 (Beall, Jim), Thermal Powerplant Licensing Exemption for Emergency Backup and Standby Generators at Data Centers (Dead)Beall.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 905 2022 - Senate Bill 905 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program. (Chaptered) Caballero.Anna Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 942 2022 - Senate Bill 942 (Newman, Josh), Low Carbon Transit Operations Program: Free or Reduced Fare Transit Program (Chaptered)Newman.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 952 2020 - Senate Bill 952 (Nielsen, Jim), Tax Exemption for Backup Electrical Generators Used During Deenergization Events (Dead)Nielsen.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2019-2020 SB 986 2020 - Senate Bill 986 (Allen, Ben), Coastal Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and New Development (Dead)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 988 2020 - Senate Bill 988 (McGuire, Mike), Aviation Fuel (Dead)McGuire.Mike Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 SB 989 2022 - Senate Bill 989 (Hertzberg, Robert), Transformative Climate Communities Program (N/A)Hertzberg.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change N/A
2019-2020 SB 1020 2020 - Senate Bill 1020 (Dahle, Brian), Income Tax Credit for Backup Generators (Dead)Dahle.Brian Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 1020 2022 - Senate Bill 1020 (Laird, John), Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022 (Chaptered)Laird.John Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1024 2020 - Senate Bill 1024 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead)Jones.Brian Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2019-2020 SB 1028 2020 - Senate Bill 1028 (Dodd, Bill), Environmental Farming Incentive Program (Dead)Dodd.Bill Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1049 2022 - SB 1049 (Dodd, Bill), Transportation Resilience Program (Dead)Dodd.Bill Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
N/A SB 1068 2022 - Senate Bill 1068 (Laird, John), Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Climate Change. (Dead) Laird.John Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1086 2022 - Senate Bill 1086 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Salton Sea Restoration (Dead)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 SB 1099 2020 - Senate Bill 1099 (Dodd, Bill), Deenergization and Critical Facilities’ Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 1101 2022 - Senate Bill 1101 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon Sequestration: Geologic Carbon Sequestration Group. (Dead) Caballero.Anna Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1104 2022 - Senate Bill 1104 (Gonzalez, Lena), Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Office of Freight (Dead) Gonzalez.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead

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