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.

93 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 SB 46 2022 – Senate Bill 46 (Stern, Henry), American Rescue Plan Funds (Dead)Stern.Henry Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 SB 46 2021 – Senate Bill 46 (Stern, Henry), American Rescue Plan Funds (2-year)Stern.Henry Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
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
2021-2022 SB 214 2021 - Senate Bill 214 (Bates, Patricia), Neighborhood Electric Vehicles: County of Orange: Ranch Plan Planned Community (Chaptered)Bates.Patricia Alternative Mobility Chaptered
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 342 2022 – Senate Bill 342 (Gonzalez, Lena), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Environmental Justice Board Membership (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 342 2021 – Senate Bill 342 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Gonzalez.Lorena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 SB 422 2023 – Senate Bill 422 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: expedited environmental review: climate change regulations (2-Year) Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 SB 499 2022 - SB 499 (Leyva, Connie) General Plan: Land Use Element: Uses Adversely Impacting Health Outcomes (Dead)Leyva.Connie Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 506 2022 - Senate Bill 506 (Jones, Brian), California Environmental Quality Act: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Vegetation Management Projects (Dead)Jones.Brian CEQA, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 506 2021 - Senate Bill 506 (Jones, Brian), California Environmental Quality Act: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Vegetation Management Projects (2-Year)Jones.Brian CEQA, Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 SB 507 2023 – Senate Bill 507 (Gonzalez, Lena), Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure: Assessments (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2023-2024 SB 529 2023 – Senate Bill 529 (Gonzalez, Lena)), Electric vehicle sharing services: affordable housing facilities (2-Year) Gonzales.Lena Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 SB 560 2022 - Senate Bill 560 (Rubio, Susan), Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative (Dead)Rubio.Susan Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 SB 751 2021 - Senate Bill 751 (Gonzalez, Lena), Environmental Justice (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice 2-year
2019-2020 SB 757 2020 - Senate Bill 757 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Environmental Leadership Projects: Fixed Guideway (Vetoed)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Vetoed
2023-2024 SB 768 2023 – Senate Bill 768 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: vehicle miles traveled: statement of overriding consideration (2-Year) Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2023-2024 SB 823 2023 – Senate Bill 823 (Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola), Discounted Electric Vehicle Charging Payment Card Competitive Grant Program (Dead)Smallwood-Cuevas.Lola Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 886 2022 - SB 886 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemption: Public Universities: University Housing Development Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 917 2022 - SB 917 (Becker, Josh), Seamless Transit Transformation Act (Dead)Becker.Josh CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 922 2022 - SB 922 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transportation-Related Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 932 2022 - SB 932 (Portantino, Anthony), General Plans: Circulation Element: Bicycle And Pedestrian Plans And Traffic Calming Plans (Chaptered)Portantino.Anthony Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 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 995 2020 - Senate Bill 995 (Atkins, Toni), Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: Extension and Housing Projects (Dead)Atkins.Toni Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA 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
2021-2022 SB 1095 2022 – Senate Bill 1095 (Durazo, Maria Elena), Air Quality: Rules and Regulations: Socioeconomic Impacts Assessment (Dead)Durazo.Maria Elena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 1136 2022 - SB 1136 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited Environmental Review: Climate Change Regulations (Vetoed)Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions Vetoed
2019-2020 SB 1233 2020 - Senate Bill 1233 (Moorlach, John), Public Safety Power Shutoff Loans (Dead)Moorlach.John Climate Change, Alternative Mobility Dead
2021-2022 SB 1251 2022 - Senate Bill 1251 (Gonzalez, Lena), GO-Biz: Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office: Zero-Emission Vehicle Equity Advocate (Chaptered)Gonzalez.Lena Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Environmental Justice Chaptered

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