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 85 2021 – Senate Bill 85 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Act of 2020 (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Climate Change 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 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 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 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

If you have any questions concerning CARB-related legislation, contact the Legislative Office at (916) 322-2896.