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 28 2025 - Assembly Bill 28 (Schiavo, Pilar), Solid Waste Landfills: Subsurface Temperatures (2-Year)Schiavo.Pilar Waste Management, Environmental Justice, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Air Quality and Emissions 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 AB 1243 2025 – Assembly Bill 1243 (Addis, Dawn), Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 (2-Year) Addis.Dawn Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2025-2026 SB 318 2025 - SB 318 (Becker, Josh), Air Pollution: Stationary Sources: Best Available Control Technology (Dead)Becker.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 766 2025 – Assembly Bill 766 (Sharp-Collins, LaShae), State Agencies and Departments: Strategic Plans: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Vetoed)Sharp-Collins.LaShae Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 91 2025 – Assembly Bill 91 (Harabedian, John), State and Local Agencies: Demographic Data (Chaptered)Harabedian.John Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 620 2025 – Assembly Bill 620 (Jackson, Corey), Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: Rental Vehicles (Vetoed)Jackson.Corey Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Vetoed
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 352 2025 - Senate Bill 352 (Reyes, Eloise), Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: Community Air Monitoring (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1352 2025 - Assembly Bill 1352 (Solache, Jose Luis), Community Air Protection Programs: Financial Support (2-Year)Solache.Jose Environmental Justice, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 SB 615 2025 - Senate Bill 615 (Allen, Ben), Vehicle Traction Batteries (2-Year)Allen.Ben Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Toxics and Hazardous Waste 2-year
2025-2026 SB 86 2025 - Senate Bill 86 (McNerney, Jerry), California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (Chaptered)McNerney.Jerry Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1238 2025 - Assembly Bill 1238 (DeMaio, Carl), California Energy Consumer Freedom Act: Gas Appliances (2-Year)DeMaio.Carl Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 SB 684 2025 – Senate Bill 684 (Menjivar, Caroline), Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 (2-Year) Menjivar.Caroline Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2025-2026 AB 33 2025 - Assembly Bill 33 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Autonomous Vehicles (2-Year)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2025-2026 SB 526 2025 – Senate Bill 526 (Menjivar, Caroline), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Air Quality (2-Year)Menjivar.Caroline Enforcement and Penalties, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2025-2026 SB 496 2025 – Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado, Melissa), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: Appeals Advisory Committee: Exemptions (Dead)Hurtado.Melissa Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Dead
2025-2026 SB 77 2025 – Senate Bill 77 (Grove, Shannon), State Vehicle Fleet: Light-Duty Vehicles: Raw Materials: Child Labor (Dead)Grove.Shannon Environmental Justice, Motor Vehicles Dead
2025-2026 AB 1111 2025 – Assembly Bill 1111 (Soria, Esmeralda), Pupil Transportation: Schoolbuses: Zero-Emission Vehicles: Scrapping (Dead)Soria.Esmeralda Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 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

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