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
2023-2024 AB 241 2023 – Assembly Bill 241 (Reyes, Eloise), Vehicular air pollution: Clean Transportation Program: vehicle registration and identification plate service fees: smog abatement fee: extension (Dead) Reyes.Eloise Gomez Incentives, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 AB 426 2021 – Assembly Bill 426 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Toxic Air Contaminants (2-Year)Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1524 2021 - Assembly Bill 1524 (O’Donnell, Patrick), State Air Resources Board: Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks: Project 800 Initiative (Dead)N/A Climate Change, Incentives, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2021-2022 AB 1001 2021 – Assembly Bill 1001 (Garcia, Cristina), Environment: Air Pollution and Mitigation Measures for Air and Water Quality Impacts (2-Year)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 SB 99 2021 - Senate Bill 99 (Dodd, Bill), Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 (Dead)Dodd.Bill Energy, Incentives Dead
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 560 2021 - Senate Bill 560 (Rubio, Susan), Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative (2-Year)Rubio.Susan Energy, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 771 2021 - Senate Bill 771 (Becker, Josh), Zero-Emissions Vehicle Tax Exemption (2-Year)Becker.Josh Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Local Air Districts, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1270 2021 – Assembly Bill 1270 (Rivas, Luz), Monitoring and Reporting Methane at Natural Gas Plants (2-year)Rivas.Luz Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1296 2021 – Assembly Bill 1296 (Kamlager, Sydney), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Kamlager-Dove.Sydney Local Air Districts, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1346 2021 – Assembly Bill 1346 (Berman, Marc), Small Off-Road Engines (Chaptered)Berman.Marc Air Quality and Emissions, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1523 2021 – Assembly Bill 1523 (Gallagher, James), Regulation of Greenhouse Gases (2-year)Gallagher.James Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 SB 342 2021 – Senate Bill 342 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Gonzalez.Lorena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 96 2021 - Assembly Bill 96 (O’Donnell, Patrick), California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (2-Year)N/A Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 117 2021 - Assembly Bill 117 (Boerner-Horvath, Tasha), Air Quality Improvement Program (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 363 2021 - Assembly Bill 363 (Medina, Jose), Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (2-Year)Medina.Jose Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 745 2021 - Assembly Bill 745 (Gipson, Mike), Air Pollution: Clean Cars 4 All Program (Dead)Gipson.Mike Incentives Dead
2021-2022 AB 992 2021 - Assembly Bill 992 (Cooley, Ken), California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (Chaptered)Cooley.Ken Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1218 2021 - Assembly Bill 1218 (McCarty, Kevin), Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards: Civil Penalty: Equitable Access to Zero-Emissions Vehicles Fund (Dead)McCarty.Kevin Incentives Dead
2021-2022 AB 1261 2021 - Assembly Bill 1261 (Burke, Autumn), State Air Resources Board: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Incentive Programs (Chaptered)Burke.Autumn Incentives Chaptered

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