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
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 AB 1277 2021 – Assembly Bill 1277 (Rubio, Blanca), California Environmental Quality Act: Student Housing Development Projects: Expedited Judicial Review (2-Year)Rubio.Blanca CEQA 2-year
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 AB 1047 2021 – Assembly Bill 1047 (Daly, Tom), Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017: Reporting Internet Website (Dead)Daly.Tom Administrative Procedures, Motor Vehicles Dead
2021-2022 AB 220 2021 - Assembly Bill 220 (Voepel, Randy), Smog Check: Exemption (2-Year)Voepel.Randy Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 467 2021 - Assembly Bill 467 (Grayson, Timothy), Smog Check: Exemption: Historic Vehicles (2-Year)Grayson.Tim Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 794 2021 - Assembly Bill 794 (Carrillo, Wendy), Air Pollution: Purchase of New Drayage and Short-Haul Trucks: Incentive Programs: Eligibility: Labor Standards (Chaptered)Carrillo.Wendy Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1069 2021 - Assembly Bill 1069 (Lackey, Tom), Zero-Emission Passenger Vehicles: Underrepresented Communities (2-Year)Lackey.Tom Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1364 2021 - Assembly Bill 1364 (Flora, Heath), Motor Vehicle Inspection Program: License Fees: Smog Checks (2-Year)Flora.Heath Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 33 2021 - Assembly Bill 33 (Ting, Philip), Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 365 2021 - Assembly Bill 365 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Sales Tax Exclusion for Zero-Emission and Near-Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks (2-Year)N/A Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Freight Transportation and Ports, Incentives, Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 726 2021 - Assembly Bill 726 (Garcia, Eduardo), Capital Investment Incentive Program (Chaptered)Garcia.Eduardo Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives, Fuels, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 906 2021 - Assembly Bill 906 (Carrillo, Wendy), Zero-Emission Trucks: Tax and Fee Exemptions (2-Year)Carrillo.Wendy Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives, Motor Vehicles 2-year
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 227 2021 – Senate Bill 227 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead)Jones.Brian Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties Dead
2021-2022 SB 366 2021 – Senate Bill 366 (Umberg, Thomas), Automobile Dismantling Task Force (Chaptered)Umberg.Thomas Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 500 2021 – Senate Bill 500 (Min, Dave), Autonomous Vehicles: Zero Emissions (Chaptered)Min.Dave Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Climate Change, Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 570 2021 – Senate Bill 570 (Wieckowski, Bob), Vehicle Equipment (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Motor Vehicles Chaptered
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
2021-2022 AB 584 2021 - Assembly Bill 584 (Rivas, Robert), Department of Transportation: Weight Limits: Special Permits (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Motor Vehicles 2-year
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 SB 643 2021 - Senate Bill 643 (Archuleta, Robert), Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure and Hydrogen Production Statewide Assessment (Chaptered)Archuleta.Bob Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Fuels, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 66 2021 – Senate Bill 66 (Allen, Ben), California Council on the Future of Transportation: Autonomous Vehicle Technology (Dead)Allen.Ben Motor Vehicles Dead
2021-2022 AB 762 2021 – Assembly Bill 762 (Lee, Alex), Hazardous Emissions and Substances on Private and Charter School Sites (Dead)Lee.Alex Air Quality and Emissions, CEQA, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Dead

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