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 273 2025 - Assembly Bill 273 (Sanchez, Kate), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Infrastructure Improvements (2-Year)Sanchez.Kate Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2025-2026 AB 267 2025 - Assembly Bill 267 (Macedo, Alexandra), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Water Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention (2-Year)Macedo.Alexandra Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2025-2026 AB 939 2025 – Assembly Bill 939 (Schultz, Nick), The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 (2-Year)Schultz.Nick Incentives, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 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 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 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 AB 12 2025 – Assembly Bill 12 (Wallis, Greg), Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Regulations (2-Year) Wallis.Greg Climate Change, Fuels 2-year
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 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 415 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
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 AB 337 2025 - Assembly Bill 337 (Bennet, Steve), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Edible Food (Dead)Bennett.Steve Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Dead
2025-2026 SB 94 2025 - Senate Bill 94 (Strickland, Tony), Transportation Funding: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Motor Vehicle Fuel (2-Year)Strickland.Tony Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2025-2026 SB 88 2025 - Senate Bill 88 (Caballero, Anna), Air Resources: Carbon Emissions: Biomass (Vetoed)Caballero.Anna Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 1421 2025 - Assembly Bill 1421 (Wilson, Lori), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee (2-Year)Wilson.Lori Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1275 2025 - Assembly Bill 1275 (Elhawary, Sade), Regional Housing Needs: Regional Transportation Plan (Chaptered)Elhawary.Sade Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1223 2025 - Assembly Bill 1223 (Nguyen, Stephanie), Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority (Chaptered)Nguyen.Stephanie Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1046 2025 - Assembly Bill 1046 (Bains, Jasmeet), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Recovered Organic Waste Product: Agricultural Crop Preparation Service (Chaptered)Bains.Jasmeet Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 947 2025 - Assembly Bill 947 (Connolly, Damon), Agriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 (Chaptered)Connolly.Damon Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 900 2025 - Assembly Bill 900 (Papan, Diane ) Environmental protection: 30x30 goals: land conservation: stewardship (Chaptered)Papan.Diane Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 663 2025 - Assembly Bill 663 (McKinnor, Tina), Hydrofluorocarbon Gases: Sale and Distribution Prohibition: Exemptions (Chaptered)McKinnor.Tina Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 650 2025 - Assembly Bill 650 (Papan, Diane), Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Regional Housing Needs Allocation (Vetoed)Papan.Diane Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 643 2025 - Assembly Bill 643 (Wilson, Lori), Climate Change: Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction (2-Year)Wilson.Lori Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management 2-year
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 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 735 2025 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (2-Year)Carrillo.Juan Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
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 SB 840 2025 – Senate Bill 840 (Limón, Monique) Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Studies (Chaptered)Limón.Monique Climate Change Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 735 2026 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Dead)Carrillo.Juan Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2025-2026 SB 614 2025 – Senate Bill 614 (Stern, Henry), Public Resources: Transportation of Carbon Dioxide (Chaptered) Stern.Henry Climate Change Chaptered

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