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 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 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 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 140 2021 – Assembly Bill 140 (Committee on Budget), Housing (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Alternative Mobility Chaptered
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 SB 99 2021 - Senate Bill 99 (Dodd, Bill), Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 (Dead)Dodd.Bill Energy, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 437 2021 - Senate Bill 437 (Wieckowski, Bob), Public Owned Utilities Rate Design Supporting Transportation Electrification (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Energy, Fuels, Incentives, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 560 2021 - Senate Bill 560 (Rubio, Susan), Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative (2-Year)Rubio.Susan Energy, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 771 2021 - Senate Bill 771 (Becker, Josh), Zero-Emissions Vehicle Tax Exemption (2-Year)Becker.Josh Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Local Air Districts, Incentives 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 AB 1346 2021 – Assembly Bill 1346 (Berman, Marc), Small Off-Road Engines (Chaptered)Berman.Marc Air Quality and Emissions, Incentives Chaptered
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 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 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

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