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 AB 1305 2025 - AB 1305 (Arambula, Joaquin), Local Air Districts: Permit Information (Dead)Arambula.Joaquin Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 ABX1 14 2025 - ABX1 14 (Castillo, Leticia), Generators: Air Pollution Regulations: Income Tax Credits (Dead) Castillo.Leticia Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 SB 318 2025 - SB 318 (Becker, Josh), Air Pollution: Stationary Sources: Best Available Control Technology (Dead)Becker.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 70 2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 852 2025 - Assembly Bill 852 (Wallis, Greg), Air Pollution: Oxides of Nitrogen: Gas Appliances (2-Year)Wallis.Greg Energy, Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1368 2025 – Assembly Bill 1368 (Wallis, Greg), Smog Check: Exemption (2-Year)Wallis.Greg Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles 2-year
2025-2026 SB 712 2025 – Senate Bill 712 (Grove, Shannon), Smog Check: Motor Vehicles: Exemption (Dead)Grove.Shannon Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles Dead
2025-2026 AB 914 2025 – Assembly Bill 914 (Garcia, Robert), Air Pollution: Indirect Sources (2-Year)Garcia.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Enforcement and Penalties, Short-lived Climate Pollutants 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1226 2025 – Assembly Bill 1226 (Ellis, Stan), Air Quality: Wildland Vegetation Management Burning: Permits: Exemption (2-Year)Ellis.Stan Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 SB 526 2025 – Senate Bill 526 (Menjivar, Caroline), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Air Quality (2-Year)Menjivar.Caroline Enforcement and Penalties, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 AB 30 2025 - Assembly Bill 30 (Alvarez, David), State Air Resources Board: Gasoline Specifications: Ethanol Blends (Chaptered)Alvarez.David Fuels, Climate Change, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 13 2025 – Senate Bill 13 (Grove, Shannon), Oil and Gas (Dead)Grove.Shannon Air Quality and Emissions, Fuels Dead
2025-2026 SB 682 2025 – Senate Bill 682 (Allen, Benjamin), Environmental Health: Product Safety: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Vetoed)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
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
2025-2026 AB 1106 2025 – Assembly Bill 1106 (Rodriguez, Michelle), State Air Resources Board: Regional Air Quality Incident Response Program (Dead)Rodriguez.Michelle Enforcement and Penalties, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 SB 732 2025 – Senate Bill 732 (Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie), Emergency Backup Generators: Critical Facilities: Exemptions (2-Year)OchoaBogh.Rosilicie Air Quality and Emissions, Energy, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1352 2025 - Assembly Bill 1352 (Solache, Jose Luis), Community Air Protection Programs: Financial Support (2-Year)Solache.Jose Environmental Justice, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 AB 352 2025 - Senate Bill 352 (Reyes, Eloise), Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: Community Air Monitoring (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 921 2025 - AB 921 (Castillo, Leticia), Generators: Air Pollution Regulations: Income Tax Credits (2-Year) Castillo.Leticia Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 SB 532 2025 - SB 532 (Dahle, Megan), Air Basins (2-Year)Dahle.Megan Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 SB 732 2025 - SB 732 (Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie), Emergency Backup Generators: Critical Facilities: Exemptions (2-Year)OchoaBogh.Rosilicie Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 872 2025 - AB 872 (Rubio, Blanca), Environmental Health: Product Safety: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (2-Year)Rubio.Blanca Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1338 2025 - AB 1338 (Solache, José Luis), Metal Shredding Facilities: Regulations (2-Year)Solache.Jose Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 SB 730 2025 – SB 730 (Hurtado, Melissa), Consumer Products: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (2-Year)Hurtado.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 AB 28 2025 - Assembly Bill 28 (Schiavo, Pilar), Solid Waste Landfills: Subsurface Temperatures (2-Year)Schiavo.Pilar Waste Management, Environmental Justice, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year

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