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 1266 2025 – Assembly Bill 1266 (Solache, José Luis), Air Districts: Administrative Rulemaking: Standardized Regulatory Impact Analysis (2-Year)Solache.Jose Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1244 2025 – Assembly Bill 1244 (Wicks, Buffy), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impact Mitigation: Transit-oriented Development Implementation Program (2-Year)Wicks.Buffy CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2025-2026 SB 415 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 79 2025 – Senate Bill 79 (Wiener, Scott), Housing Development: Transit-oriented Development (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 34 2025 – Senate Bill 34 (Richardson, Laura), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Mobile Sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles (Vetoed)Richardson.Laura Freight Transportation and Ports, Local Air Districts Vetoed
2025-2026 SB 71 2025 – Senate Bill 71 (Weiner, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transit Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Public Transit, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 652 2025 – Assembly Bill 652 (Alvarez, David), San Diego County Air Pollution Control District: Governing Board: Alternate Members (Chaptered)Alvarez.David Local Air Districts, Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 131 2025 – Senate Bill 131 (Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Public Resources (Chaptered)Committee on Budget CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Miscellaneous Chaptered
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 SB 231 2025 – Senate Bill 231 (Seyarto, Kelly), California Environmental Quality Act: The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Technical Advisory (Dead)Seyarto.Kelly CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 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 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 687 2025 – Assembly Bill 687 (Patterson, Joe), Forestry: Timber Operations: Maintenance of Timberlands for Fuels Reduction (2-Year)Patterson.Joe Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, CEQA 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 471 2025 - AB 471 (Hart, Gregg), County Air Pollution Control Districts: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District: Board Members (Chaptered) Hart.Gregg Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts Chaptered
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 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 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 SB 282 2025 - Senate Bill 282 (Wiener, Scott), Residential Heat Pump Systems: Water Heaters and HVAC Installations (Dead)Wiener.Scott Energy, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 907 2025 - AB 907 (Chen, Phillip), CARB: Board Members: Compensation (2-Year)Chen.Phillip Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts 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 1338 2025 - AB 1338 (Solache, José Luis), Metal Shredding Facilities: Regulations (2-Year)Solache.Jose Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
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 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 1410 2022 - SB 1410 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impacts (Dead)Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
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

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