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.
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- Administrative Procedures
- Air Quality and Emissions
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- Budget
- CEQA
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Enforcement and Penalties
- Environmental Justice
- (-)Forestry and Wildfire Prevention
- Freight Transportation and Ports
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- Incentives
- Local Air Districts
- Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Miscellaneous
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- Short-lived Climate Pollutants
- Toxics and Hazardous Waste
- Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing
- Waste Management
26 bills found for '2025,'
| Session Sort ascending | Bill Number | Bill Title | Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | AB 513 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 513 (Gonzalez, Jeff), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan (2-Year) | Gonzalez.Jeff | Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | ABX1 13 | 2025 – Assembly Bill X1 13 (Gonzalez, Jeff), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan (Dead) | Gonzalez.Jeff | Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 33 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 33 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Autonomous Vehicles (2-Year) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 620 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 620 (Jackson, Corey), Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: Rental Vehicles (Vetoed) | Jackson.Corey | Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles | Vetoed |
| 2025-2026 | AB 438 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 438 (Hadwick, Heather), Authorized Emergency Vehicles (Chaptered) | Hadwick.Heather | Motor Vehicles | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 272 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 272 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (2-Year) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Incentives, Freight Transportation and Ports, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 911 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 911 (Carrillo, Juan), Emergency Telecommunications Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (2-Year) | Carrillo.Juan | Enforcement and Penalties, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1111 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1111 (Soria, Esmeralda), Pupil Transportation: Schoolbuses: Zero-Emission Vehicles: Scrapping (Dead) | Soria.Esmeralda | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1368 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1368 (Wallis, Greg), Smog Check: Exemption (2-Year) | Wallis.Greg | Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 77 | 2025 – Senate Bill 77 (Grove, Shannon), State Vehicle Fleet: Light-Duty Vehicles: Raw Materials: Child Labor (Dead) | Grove.Shannon | Environmental Justice, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | SB 496 | 2025 – Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado, Melissa), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: Appeals Advisory Committee: Exemptions (Dead) | Hurtado.Melissa | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | SB 712 | 2025 – Senate Bill 712 (Grove, Shannon), Smog Check: Motor Vehicles: Exemption (Dead) | Grove.Shannon | Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1226 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1226 (Ellis, Stan), Air Quality: Wildland Vegetation Management Burning: Permits: Exemption (2-Year) | Ellis.Stan | Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Air Quality and Emissions | 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 |
| 2023-2024 | AB 844 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 844 (Gipson, Mike), Zero-emission trucks: insurance (Chaptered) | Gipson.Mike | Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1267 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 1267 (Ting, Phil), Zero-emission vehicle incentive programs: gasoline superusers (2-Year) | Ting.Philip | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | 2-year |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2678 | 2024 - Assembly Bill 2678 (Wallis, Greg), Vehicles: High-occupancy Vehicle Lanes (Chaptered) | Wallis.Greg | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | SB 310 | 2023 – Senate Bill 310 (Dodd, Bill), Prescribed Fire: Cultural Burns (2-Year) | Dodd.Bill | Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Local Air Districts | 2-year |
| 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 2796 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2796 (Alvarez, David), Equitable Access to Zero-Emissions Vehicles Fund (Dead) | Alvarez.David | Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles, Incentives | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1755 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 1755 (Kalra, Ash), Civil Actions: Restitution for or Replacement of a New Motor Vehicle (Chaptered) | Kalra.Ash | Administrative Procedures, Motor Vehicles, Miscellaneous | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1267 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 1267 (Ting, Phil), Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive Programs: Gasoline Superusers (Dead) | Ting.Philip | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2626 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2626 (Dixon, Diane), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations: Local Governments (Dead) | Dixon.Diane | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2021-2022 | AB 2479 | 2022 - Assembly Bill 2479 (Wood, Jim), Forest Restoration and Protection: Wildfire Prevention (Dead) | Wood.Jim | Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention | Dead |
| 2021-2022 | SB 366 | 2021 – Senate Bill 366 (Umberg, Thomas), Automobile Dismantling Task Force (Chaptered) | Umberg.Thomas | Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties | Chaptered |
| 2019-2020 | SB 1024 | 2020 - Senate Bill 1024 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead) | Jones.Brian | Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions | Dead |
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