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.

49 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2023-2024 AB 241 2023 – Assembly Bill 241 (Reyes, Eloise), Vehicular air pollution: Clean Transportation Program: vehicle registration and identification plate service fees: smog abatement fee: extension (Dead) Reyes.Eloise Gomez Incentives, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 500 2021 – Senate Bill 500 (Min, Dave), Autonomous Vehicles: Zero Emissions (Chaptered)Min.Dave Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Climate Change, Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 619 2021 – Senate Bill 619 (Laird, John), Organic Waste Reduction Regulations: Local Jurisdiction Compliance (Chaptered)Laird.John Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 426 2021 – Assembly Bill 426 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Toxic Air Contaminants (2-Year)Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1524 2021 - Assembly Bill 1524 (O’Donnell, Patrick), State Air Resources Board: Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks: Project 800 Initiative (Dead)N/A Climate Change, Incentives, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2021-2022 AB 1547 2021 - Assembly Bill 1547 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Air Pollution: Warehouse Facilities (2-Year)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2021-2022 SB 527 2021 - Senate Bill 527 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Salton Sea Restoration (2-Year)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 671 2021 - Senate Bill 671 (Gonzalez, Lena), Transportation: Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment (Chaptered)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1001 2021 – Assembly Bill 1001 (Garcia, Cristina), Environment: Air Pollution and Mitigation Measures for Air and Water Quality Impacts (2-Year)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 619 2021 – Assembly Bill 619 (Calderon, Lisa), Air Quality Health Plan for Wildfires (Chaptered)Calderon.Lisa Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 642 2021 – Assembly Bill 642 (Friedman, Laura), Prescribed Burn and Wildfires (Chaptered)Friedman.Laura Air Quality and Emissions, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1240 2021 – Assembly Bill 1240 (Ting, Philip), Indoor Air Pollution (2-year)Ting.Philip Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1270 2021 – Assembly Bill 1270 (Rivas, Luz), Monitoring and Reporting Methane at Natural Gas Plants (2-year)Rivas.Luz Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1346 2021 – Assembly Bill 1346 (Berman, Marc), Small Off-Road Engines (Chaptered)Berman.Marc Air Quality and Emissions, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1410 2021 – Assembly Bill 1410 (Rodriguez, Freddie), Protections for Homeowner’s Association Members (2-year)Rodriguez.Freddie Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 SB 482 2021 – Senate Bill 482 (Hueso, Ben), Long-Term Strategy for Salton Sea (2-year)Hueso.Ben Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 AB 96 2021 - Assembly Bill 96 (O’Donnell, Patrick), California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (2-Year)N/A Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 117 2021 - Assembly Bill 117 (Boerner-Horvath, Tasha), Air Quality Improvement Program (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 363 2021 - Assembly Bill 363 (Medina, Jose), Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (2-Year)Medina.Jose Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 745 2021 - Assembly Bill 745 (Gipson, Mike), Air Pollution: Clean Cars 4 All Program (Dead)Gipson.Mike Incentives Dead
2021-2022 AB 992 2021 - Assembly Bill 992 (Cooley, Ken), California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (Chaptered)Cooley.Ken Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1218 2021 - Assembly Bill 1218 (McCarty, Kevin), Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards: Civil Penalty: Equitable Access to Zero-Emissions Vehicles Fund (Dead)McCarty.Kevin Incentives Dead
2021-2022 AB 1261 2021 - Assembly Bill 1261 (Burke, Autumn), State Air Resources Board: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Incentive Programs (Chaptered)Burke.Autumn Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1389 2021 - Assembly Bill 1389 (Reyes, Eloise), Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (2-Year)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 372 2021 - Senate Bill 372 (Leyva, Connie), Medium- and Heavy-Duty Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: Zero-Emission Vehicles (Chaptered)Leyva.Connie Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 542 2021 - Senate Bill 542 (Limón, Monique), Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Medium- or Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Trucks (2-Year)Limón.Monique Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 589 2021 - Senate Bill 589 (Hueso, Ben), Air Pollution: Alternative Vehicles and Vehicle Infrastructure (Chaptered)Hueso.Ben Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 33 2021 - Assembly Bill 33 (Ting, Philip), Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 322 2021 - Assembly Bill 322 (Salas, Rudy), Electric Program Investment Charge Program: Biomass (Chaptered)Salas.Rudy Energy, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 365 2021 - Assembly Bill 365 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Sales Tax Exclusion for Zero-Emission and Near-Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks (2-Year)N/A Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Freight Transportation and Ports, Incentives, Motor Vehicles 2-year

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