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.

158 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2023-2024 AB 1689 2023 – Assembly Bill 1689 (Grayson, Timothy), Greenhouse Gases: Built Environment: Decarbonization (2-Year)Grayson.Timothy Energy, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1705 2023 – Assembly Bill 1705 (McKinnor, Tina), Solid waste facilities: state policy goals (2-Year)McKinnor.Tina Toxics and Hazardous Waste, Energy, Short-lived Climate Pollutants 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1711 2023 – Assembly Bill 1711 (Carrillo, Juan), Energy: Hydrogen: Clean Energy Equity Act (Dead)Carrillo.Juan Energy, Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 AB 1720 2020 - Assembly Bill 1720 (Carrillo, Wendy), Long-Duration Energy Storage: Pumped Hydroelectric Generation (Dead)Carrillo.Wendy Energy Dead
2021-2022 AB 1738 2022 - Assembly Bill 1738 (Boerner Horvath, Tasha), Building Standards: Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Existing Buildings (Chaptered)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1952 2022 - Assembly Bill 1952 (Gallagher, James), Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019 (Dead)Gallagher.James CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 AB 2002 2020 - Assembly Bill 2002 (Kalra, Ash), California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (Dead)Kalra.Ash Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 2011 2022 - AB 2011 (Wicks, Buffy), Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 (Chaptered)Wicks.Buffy CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 2071 2020 - Assembly Bill 2071 (Muratsuchi, Al), Once-Through Cooling Policy (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Energy Dead
2019-2020 AB 2255 2020 - Assembly Bill 2255 (Eggman, Susan), Long-Duration Energy Storage: Pumped Hydroelectric Energy (Dead)Eggman.Susan Energy Dead
2019-2020 AB 2303 2020 - Assembly Bill 2303 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Resource Conservation Districts (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 2387 2022 - Assembly Bill 2387 (Garcia, Eduardo), Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022 (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 2479 2022 - Assembly Bill 2479 (Wood, Jim), Forest Restoration and Protection: Wildfire Prevention (Dead)wood.jim Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 2587 2022 - Assembly Bill 2587 (Garcia, Eduardo), Energy: Firm Renewable Energy Resources and Firm Zero-Carbon Resources: Procurement (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Energy Dead
2021-2022 AB 2667 2022 - Assembly Bill 2667 (Friedman, Laura), Distributed Energy Resources: Incentives (Dead)Friedman.Laura Energy, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 AB 2700 2022 - Assembly Bill 2700 (McCarty, Kevin), Transportation Electrification: Electrical Distribution Grid Upgrades (Chaptered)McCarty.Kevin Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 2731 2020 - Assembly Bill 2731 (Gloria, Todd), California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: Old Town Center Redevelopment (Chaptered)Todd.Gloria Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 2736 2020 - Assembly Bill 2736 (Garcia, Eduardo), Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage Systems Near Joshua Tree National Park (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Energy Dead
2021-2022 AB 2878 2022 - AB 2878 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest Biomass Waste Utilization Program (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Climate Change, Waste Management Dead
2019-2020 AB 2882 2020 - Assembly Bill 2882 (Chu, Kansen), Hazardous Emissions and Substances on Private and Charter School Sites (Dead)Chu.Kansen Toxics and Hazardous Waste, CEQA Dead
2019-2020 AB 2940 2020 - Assembly Bill 2940 (Quirk, Bill), Critical Consumption of Hydrogen (Dead)Quirk.Bill Energy Dead
2019-2020 AB 2954 2020 - Assembly Bill 2954 (Rivas, Robert) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Climate Goal for Natural and Working Lands (Dead)Rivas.Robert Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 2965 2022 - AB 2965 (Committee on Natural Resources) California Environmental Quality Act: Administrative and Judicial Procedures (Chaptered)Assembly Natural Resources Committee CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 2991 2020 - Assembly Bill 2991 (Santiago, Miguel), Jobs and Economic Improvement through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: Extension and Update (Dead)Santiago.Miguel Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Dead
2019-2020 AB 3005 2020 - Assembly Bill 3005 (Rivas, Robert), Leroy Anderson Dam and Reservoir: Permitting, Environmental Review, and Public Contracting (Vetoed)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Water Vetoed
2019-2020 AB 3128 2020 - Assembly Bill 3128 (Burke, Autumn), Fuel Cell Incentives for Deenergization Events (Dead)Burke.Autumn Air Quality and Emissions, Energy, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 AB 3163 2020 - Assembly Bill 3163 (Salas, Rudy), Biomethane Procurement (Chaptered)Salas.Rudy Energy Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 3335 2020 - Assembly Bill 3335 (Friedman, Laura), California Environmental Quality Act: Transit Priority Projects (Dead)Friedman.Laura CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 ACA 17 2020 - Assembly Constitutional Amendment 17 (Gray, Adam), Hydroelectric Generation Facilities (Dead)Gray.Adam Energy Dead
2019-2020 ACA 18 2020 - Assembly Constitutional Amendment 18 (Cunningham, Jordan), Nuclear Energy (Dead)Cunningham.Jordan Energy Dead

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