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 SB 155 2021 – Senate Bill 155 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Trailer Bill: Public Resources (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Waste Management Chaptered
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 AB 648 2022 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (Dead) Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1644 2022 – Assembly Bill 1644 (Flora, Heath), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 (Chaptered) Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 642 2021 – Assembly Bill 642 (Friedman, Laura), Prescribed Burn and Wildfires (Chaptered)Friedman.Laura Air Quality and Emissions, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 33 2021 - Assembly Bill 33 (Ting, Philip), Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 64 2021 - Assembly Bill 64 (Quirk, Bill), Long-Term Backup Electricity Supply Strategy (2-Year)Quirk.Bill Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 322 2021 - Assembly Bill 322 (Salas, Rudy), Electric Program Investment Charge Program: Biomass (Chaptered)Salas.Rudy Energy, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 354 2021 - Assembly Bill 354 (Cooper, Jim), Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate (Dead)Cooper.Jim Energy Dead
2021-2022 AB 641 2021 - Assembly Bill 641 (Holden, Chris), Publicly Owned Utilities Transportation Electrification Planning (Dead)Holden.Chris Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2021-2022 AB 699 2021 - Assembly Bill 699 (Salas, Rudy), Flexible Demand Appliance Rebate Program (Dead)Salas.Rudy Energy Dead
2021-2022 AB 843 2021 - Assembly Bill 843 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff Program: Community Choice Aggregators (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1010 2021 - Assembly Bill 1010 (Berman, Marc), Zero Net Carbon Design for Architects (Chaptered)Berman.Marc Energy Chaptered
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 1088 2021 - Assembly Bill 1088 (Mayes, Chad), California Procurement Authority (2-Year)Mayes.Chad Energy 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 AB 1239 2021 - Assembly Bill 1239 (Ting, Philip), Demand Response Resources and Programs (2-Year)Ting.Philip Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1312 2021 - Assembly Bill 1312 (Rodriguez, Freddie), Hydrogen Fuel Standard and Tax Credit (2-Year)Rodriguez.Freddie Energy, Fuels, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1325 2021 - Assembly Bill 1325 (Burke, Autumn), Clean Community Microgrid Incentive Program (2-Year)Burke.Autumn Energy 2-year

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