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
2021-2022 AB 52 2021 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 380 2021 – Assembly Bill 380 (Seyarto, Kelly), Forestry: Priority Fuel Reduction Projects (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 648 2021 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 792 2021 - Assembly Bill 792 (Flora, Heath), Forestry: Prescribed Burning Agreements (Dead)Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 968 2021 - Assembly Bill 968 (Frazier, Jim), Wildfire Resilience: Community Certification (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 969 2021 - Assembly Bill 969 (Frazier, Jim), Natural Resources Agency: Wildfire Technology Support: Community Organizations (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 981 2021 - Assembly Bill 981 (Frazier, Jim), Forestry: California Fire Safe Council (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1431 2021 - Assembly Bill 1431 (Frazier, Jim), Forestry: Forest Carbon and Resilience Goals (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1559 2021 - Assembly Bill 1559 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 (2-Year)N/A Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 SB 63 2021 - Senate Bill 63 (Stern, Henry), Fire Prevention: Vegetation Management: Public Education: Grants: Defensible Space: Fire Hazard Severity Zones (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 416 2021 - Assembly Bill 416 (Kalra, Ash), California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act: public works projects: wood and wood products (Vetoed)Kalra.Ash Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 18 2021 – Senate Bill 18 (Skinner, Nancy), Evaluations and Role of Hydrogen in Climate Change Goals (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Fuels, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 30 2021 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (2-Year)Cortese.Dave Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 31 2021 - Senate Bill 31 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 32 2021 - Senate Bill 32 (Cortese, Dave), General Plan: Building Decarbonization Requirements (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 67 2021 - Senate Bill 67 (Becker, Josh), California 24/7 Clean Energy Standard Program (2-Year)Becker.Josh Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 68 2021 - Senate Bill 68 (Becker, Josh), Building Electrification and Electric Vehicle Charging (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 99 2021 - Senate Bill 99 (Dodd, Bill), Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 (Dead)Dodd.Bill Energy, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 423 2021 - Senate Bill 423 (Stern, Henry), Firm Zero-Carbon Resources (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Energy Chaptered

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