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
2023-2024 SB 934 2024 – Senate Bill 934 (Gonzalez, Lena), Zero-emission Freight Infrastructure: Interagency Coordination: Report (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2023-2024 AB 7 2024 – Assembly Bill 7 (Friedman, Laura) Transportation: Planning: Project Selection Processes (Dead)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 AB 5 2021 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: transfer (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 AB 823 2021 - Assembly Bill 823 (Gray, Adam), High-Speed Rail Authority: Trains Powered by Fossil Fuel Combustion Engines (2-Year)Gray.Adam Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1235 2021 - Assembly Bill 1235 (Patterson, Jim), High-Speed Rail: Legislative Oversight (2-Year)Patterson.Jim Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 2-year
2021-2022 AB 140 2021 – Assembly Bill 140 (Committee on Budget), Housing (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 621 2021 – Assembly Bill 621 (Rivas, Robert), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Environmental Review: Standard of Review: Hospitals (2-Year)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 859 2021 – Assembly Bill 859 (Irwin, Jacqui), Mobility devices: Personal Information (Dead)Irwin.Jacqui Alternative Mobility, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 AB 1147 2021 – Assembly Bill 1147 (Friedman, Laura), Regional Transportation Plan: Active Transportation Program (Vetoed)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Vetoed
2021-2022 AB 1209 2021 – Assembly Bill 1209 (McCarty, Kevin) Transportation Planning: Sacramento Area Council of Governments: Green Means Go Grant and Loan Program (2-year) McCarty.Kevin Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1260 2021 – Assembly Bill 1260 (Chen, Phillip), California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects (Dead)Chen.Phillip CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
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 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 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 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
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
2021-2022 SB 475 2021 - Senate Bill 475 (Allen, Ben), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 302 2021 - Assembly Bill 302 (Ward, Christopher), San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: Regulation of For-Hire Vehicle and Passenger Jitney Services (Chaptered)Ward.Christopher Alternative Mobility Chaptered
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
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 AB 2438 2022 - AB 2438 (Friedman, Laura), Transportation Funding: Guidelines and Plans (Vetoed)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Vetoed
2019-2020 AB 90 2020 – Assembly Bill 90 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: Transportation (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 3199 2020 - Assembly Bill 3199 (Kiley, Kevin), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority Funding Transfer (Dead)Kiley.Kevin Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 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

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