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.

SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2019-2020 SB 288 2020 - Senate Bill 288 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions for Transit and Alternative Transportation Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 339 2021- Senate Bill 339 (Wiener, Scott), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 437 2021 - Senate Bill 437 (Wieckowski, Bob), Public Owned Utilities Rate Design Supporting Transportation Electrification (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Energy, Fuels, Incentives, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 439 2021 - Senate Bill 439 (Archuleta, Robert), Green Hydrogen (2-Year)Archuleta.Robert Energy, Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 SB 439 2022 - Senate Bill 439 (Archuleta, Robert), Green Hydrogen (Dead)Archuleta.Robert Energy, Fuels, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2021-2022 SB 467 2021 - Senate Bill 467 (Wiener, Scott), Oil and Gas: Hydraulic Fracturing, Acid Well Stimulation Treatments, Steam Flooding, Water Flooding, or Cyclic Steaming: Prohibition: Job Relocation (2-Year)Wiener.Scott Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 SB 467 2022 - Senate Bill 467 (Wiener, Scott), Expert Witnesses: Writ Of Habeas Corpus. (N/A) Wiener.Scott Fuels N/A
2021-2022 SB 475 2021 - Senate Bill 475 (Allen, Ben), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 475 2022 - SB 475 (Cortese, David), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (Dead)Cortese.Dave Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 499 2022 - SB 499 (Leyva, Connie) General Plan: Land Use Element: Uses Adversely Impacting Health Outcomes (Dead)Leyva.Connie Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2023-2024 SB 501 2023 – Senate Bill 501 (Newman, Josh), Retail hydrogen refueling stations: reliability and service quality plan (Dead) Newman.Josh Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 SB 643 2021 - Senate Bill 643 (Archuleta, Robert), Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure and Hydrogen Production Statewide Assessment (Chaptered)Archuleta.Robert Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Fuels, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 670 2023 – Senate Bill 670 (Allen, Ben), State Air Resources Board: vehicle miles traveled: maps (Dead) Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2023-2024 SB 709 2023 – Senate Bill 709 (Allen, Ben), Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations: biogas derived from livestock manure (Dead) Allen.Ben Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 SB 726 2022 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 SB 732 2020 - Senate Bill 732 (Allen, Ben), South Coast Air Quality Management District Transactions and Use Tax (Dead)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 733 2022 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), Gas Corporations: Renewable Gas Procurement (Dead)Hueso.Ben Energy, Fuels Dead
2019-2020 SB 757 2020 - Senate Bill 757 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Environmental Leadership Projects: Fixed Guideway (Vetoed)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Vetoed
2023-2024 SB 768 2023 – Senate Bill 768 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: vehicle miles traveled: statement of overriding consideration (2-Year) Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 886 2022 - SB 886 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemption: Public Universities: University Housing Development Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 902 2020 - Senate Bill 902 (Wiener, Scott), Housing Development Density (Dead)Wiener.Scott Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 917 2022 - SB 917 (Becker, Josh), Seamless Transit Transformation Act (Dead)Becker.Josh CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 922 2022 - SB 922 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transportation-Related Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 932 2022 - SB 932 (Portantino, Anthony), General Plans: Circulation Element: Bicycle And Pedestrian Plans And Traffic Calming Plans (Chaptered)Portantino.Anthony Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 953 2022 - Senate Bill 953 (Min, Dave), Oil And Gas Leases: State Waters: State Lands Commission. (Dead) Min.Dave Fuels Dead
2019-2020 SB 986 2020 - Senate Bill 986 (Allen, Ben), Coastal Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and New Development (Dead)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 988 2020 - Senate Bill 988 (McGuire, Mike), Aviation Fuel (Dead)McGuire.Mike Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2019-2020 SB 995 2020 - Senate Bill 995 (Atkins, Toni), Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: Extension and Housing Projects (Dead)Atkins.Toni Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Dead
2021-2022 SB 1049 2022 - SB 1049 (Dodd, Bill), Transportation Resilience Program (Dead)Dodd.Bill Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead

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