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.

16 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 AB 1453 2021 – Assembly Bill 1453 (Muratsuchi, Al), Environmental justice: Just Transition Advisory Commission: Just Transition Plan (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Environmental Justice Dead
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 17 2021 - Senate Bill 17 (Pan, Richard), Office of Racial Equity (2-Year)Pan.Richard Environmental Justice 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 751 2021 - Senate Bill 751 (Gonzalez, Lena), Environmental Justice (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1296 2021 – Assembly Bill 1296 (Kamlager, Sydney), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Kamlager-Dove.Sydney Local Air Districts, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 SB 46 2021 – Senate Bill 46 (Stern, Henry), American Rescue Plan Funds (2-year)Stern.Henry Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 SB 342 2021 – Senate Bill 342 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Gonzalez.Lorena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1087 2021 - Assembly Bill 1087 (Chiu, David), Environmental Justice Community Resilience Hubs Program (2-Year)Chiu.David Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1139 2021 - Assembly Bill 1139 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Net Energy Metering (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lorena Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice 2-year
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 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 AB 1001 2021 – Assembly Bill 1001 (Garcia, Cristina), Environment: Air Pollution and Mitigation Measures for Air and Water Quality Impacts (2-Year)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year

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