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.

13 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 AB 734 2021 – Assembly Bill 734 (Garcia, Eduardo), Organic Waste Reduction Goals: Edible Food (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
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
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 SB 155 2021 – Senate Bill 155 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Trailer Bill: Public Resources (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Waste Management Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 619 2021 – Senate Bill 619 (Laird, John), Organic Waste Reduction Regulations: Local Jurisdiction Compliance (Chaptered)Laird.John Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions 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 1027 2021 - Assembly Bill 1027 (Seyarto, Kelly), Solid and Organic Waste (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Waste Management 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1086 2021 - Assembly Bill 1086 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Organic waste: Implementation Strategy: Report (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Waste Management Dead
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
2019-2020 AB 1567 2020 - Assembly Bill 1567 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Organic Waste Scoping Plan (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Climate Change, Waste Management Dead

Additional Information

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