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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
2023-2024 AB 350 2023 – Assembly Bill 350 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Regional transportation plans: Sacramento Area Council of Governments (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 744 2023 – Assembly Bill 744 (Carrillo, Juan), California Transportation Commission: data, modeling, and analytic software tools procurement (Chaptered)Carrillo.Juan Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 930 2023 – Assembly Bill 930 (Friedman, Laura), Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts (2-Year) Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1525 2023 – Assembly Bill 1525 (Bonta, Mia), Transportation projects: priority populations (Dead)Bonta.Mia Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
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 AB 2535 2024 – Assembly Bill 2535 (Bonta, Mia), Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (Dead)Bonta.Mia Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Environmental Justice Dead
2023-2024 AB 2678 2024 - Assembly Bill 2678 (Wallis, Greg), Vehicles: High-occupancy Vehicle Lanes (Chaptered)Wallis.Greg Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 7 2024 – Assembly Bill 7 (Friedman, Laura) Transportation: Planning: Project Selection Processes (Dead)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 44 2021 - Senate Bill 44 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Judicial Review: Environmental Leadership Transit Projects (Chaptered)Allen.Ben CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 1410 2022 - SB 1410 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impacts (Dead)Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 1217 2022 - SB 1217 (Allen, Ben), State-Regional Collaborative for Climate, Equity, and Resilience (Dead)Allen.Ben Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 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
N/A AB 902 2025 - Assembly Bill 902 (Schultz, Nick), Transportation Projects: Barriers to Wildlife Movement (Dead)Schultz.Nick Natural and Working Lands, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead

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