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 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 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 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 SB 567 2025 – Senate Bill 567 (Limón, Monique), Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program (Chaptered)Limón.Monique Energy 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 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 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 AB 825 2025 - Assembly Bill 825 (Petrie-Norris, Cottie), Independent System Operator: Independent Regional Organization (Chaptered)Petrie-Norris.Cottie Energy Chaptered
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 AB 1238 2025 - Assembly Bill 1238 (DeMaio, Carl), California Energy Consumer Freedom Act: Gas Appliances (2-Year)DeMaio.Carl Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1280 2025 - Assembly Bill 1280 (Garcia, Robert), Industrial Decarbonization Programs: Thermal Energy Storage (Chaptered)Garcia.Robert Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 86 2025 - Senate Bill 86 (McNerney, Jerry), California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (Chaptered)McNerney.Jerry Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 254 2025 - Senate Bill 254 (Becker, Josh), Electricity: Public Financing of Transmission Infrastructure: Wildfire Mitigation: Permitting of Clean Energy Projects (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy Chaptered
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 SB 332 2025 - Senate Bill 332 (Wahab, Aisha), Investor-Owned Utilities Accountability Act (Dead)Wahab.Aisha Energy Dead
2025-2026 SB 377 2025 - Senate Bill 377 (Grayson, Tim), Biomethane Procurement Targets (2-Year)Grayson.Tim Energy 2-year
2025-2026 SB 655 2025 - Senate Bill 655 (Stern, Henry), Dwelling Units: Indoor Temperature (Chaptered)Henry Stern Energy Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 2513 2024 - Assembly Bill 2513 (Pellerin, Gail), Gas Stoves and Ranges: Warning Label (Vetoed)Pellerin.Gail Climate Change, Energy Vetoed
2023-2024 AB 2750 2024 - Assembly Bill 2750 (Gallagher, James), Electricity Procurement: Generation from Biomass (Chaptered)Gallagher.James Energy Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 604 2024 - Senate Bill 604 (Wilk, Scott), Electricity: Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure: Assessment (Dead)Wilk.Scott Energy Dead
2023-2024 AB 625 2023 – Assembly Bill 625 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest biomass: management: emissions: energy (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants Dead
2023-2024 AB 841 2023 – Assembly Bill 841 (Berman, Marc), State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Industrial Heat Electrification Roadmap (Dead)Berman.Marc Energy Dead
2023-2024 SB 414 2023 – Senate Bill 414 (Allen, Ben), Climate Change: Applications Using Hydrogen: Assessment (Dead)Allen.Ben Energy Dead
2023-2024 SB 604 2023 – Senate Bill 604 (Wilk, Scott), Electricity: Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure: Assessment (2-Year)Wilk.Scott Energy 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 846 2022 - Senate Bill 846 (Dodd, Bill), Diablo Canyon Powerplant: Extension of Operations (Chaptered)Dodd.Bill Energy 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
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 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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