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 140 2021 – Senate Bill 140 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Housing (2-year)Budget.Committee Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 SB 261 2021 - Senate Bill 261 (Allen, Ben), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
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 AB 621 2021 – Assembly Bill 621 (Rivas, Robert), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Environmental Review: Standard of Review: Hospitals (2-Year)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1209 2021 – Assembly Bill 1209 (McCarty, Kevin) Transportation Planning: Sacramento Area Council of Governments: Green Means Go Grant and Loan Program (2-year) McCarty.Kevin Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 SB 12 2021 – Senate Bill 12 (McGuire, Mike), Local Government Planning and Zoning: Wildfires (2-Year)McGuire.Mike Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year

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