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 AB 30 2025 - Assembly Bill 30 (Alvarez, David), State Air Resources Board: Gasoline Specifications: Ethanol Blends (Chaptered)Alvarez.David Fuels, Climate Change, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 13 2025 – Senate Bill 13 (Grove, Shannon), Oil and Gas (Dead)Grove.Shannon Air Quality and Emissions, Fuels Dead
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 605 2025 – Assembly Bill 605 (Muratsuchi, Al), Lower Emissions Cargo Handling Equipment Pilot Program (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Fuels 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 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 1250 2025 – Assembly Bill 1250 (Papan, Diane), Transit Operators: Paratransit: Recertification of Eligibility (N/A)Papan.Diane Freight Transportation and Ports, Fuels N/A
2025-2026 SB 298 2025 – Senate Bill 298 (Caballero, Anna), State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Seaports: Plan: Alternative Fuels (Vetoed)Caballero.Anna Fuels, Freight Transportation and Ports Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 12 2025 – Assembly Bill 12 (Wallis, Greg), Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Regulations (2-Year) Wallis.Greg Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 AB 23 2025 – Assembly Bill 23 (DeMaio, Carl), The Cost of Living Reduction Act of 2025 (2-Year) DeMaio.Carl Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 AB 34 2025 – Assembly Bill 34 (Patterson, Joe), Air Pollution: Regulations: Consumer Costs: Review (2-Year) Patterson.Joe Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 AB 41 2025 – Assembly Bill 41 (Macedo, Alexandra), State Air Resources Board: Regulations: Impact Estimates: Retail Gasoline Prices: Public Disclosure (2-Year) Macedo.Alexandra Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 AB 406 2025 – Assembly Bill 406 (Schiavo, Pilar), Employment: Unlawful Discrimination: Victims of Violence (N/A) Schiavo.Pilar Fuels N/A
2025-2026 AB 555 2025 – Assembly Bill 555 (Jackson, Corey), Air Resources: Regulatory Impacts: Transportation Fuel Costs (Dead) Jackson.Corey Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2025-2026 AB 839 2025 – Assembly Bill 839 (Rubio, Blanca), California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited Judicial Review: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects (2-Year) Rubio.Blanca Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 SB 2 2025 – Senate Bill 2 (Jones, Brian), Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Regulations (2-Year) Jones.Brian Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
2025-2026 SB 237 2025 – Senate Bill 237 (Grayson, Tim), Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources (Chaptered) Grayson.Tim Climate Change, Fuels Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 348 2025 – Senate Bill 348 (Hurtado, Melissa), State Air Resources Board: Low Carbon Fuel Standard (Dead) Hurtado.Melissa Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2025-2026 SB 801 2025 – Senate Bill 801 (Hurtado, Melissa), Agricultural Workers: Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions: Definitions (N/A) Hurtado.Melissa Climate Change, Fuels N/A
2023-2024 AB2X 9 2024 – Assembly Bill X2 9 (Petrie-Norris, Cottie), Transportation Fuels: Specifications: Production Enhancement Strategies (Dead) Petrie-Norris.Cottie Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
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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