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.
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- Alvarez.David(1)
- Bains.Jasmeet(1)
- Bennett.Steve(1)
- Carrillo.Juan(1)
- Dixon.Diane(1)
- Garcia.Eduardo(1)
- Gipson.Mike(1)
- Grove.Shannon(2)
- Hadwick.Heather(1)
- Hurtado.Melissa(1)
- Jackson.Corey(1)
- Jones.Brian(1)
- Kalra.Ash(1)
- Maienschein.Brian(1)
- Schiavo.Pilar(1)
- Soria.Esmeralda(1)
- Ting.Philip(2)
- Umberg.Thomas(1)
- Wallis.Greg(2)
- Wilson.Lori(1)
- Administrative Procedures
- Air Quality and Emissions
- Alternative Mobility
- Budget
- CEQA
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Enforcement and Penalties
- Environmental Justice
- Forestry and Wildfire Prevention
- Freight Transportation and Ports
- Fuels
- Incentives
- Local Air Districts
- Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Miscellaneous
- (-)Motor Vehicles
- Natural and Working Lands
- Public Transit
- Short-lived Climate Pollutants
- Toxics and Hazardous Waste
- Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing
- (-)Waste Management
27 bills found for '2025,'
| Session Sort ascending | Bill Number | Bill Title | Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | AB 70 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | Chaptered |
| 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 | AB 643 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 643 (Wilson, Lori), Climate Change: Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction (2-Year) | Wilson.Lori | Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | 2-year |
| 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 | AB 438 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 438 (Hadwick, Heather), Authorized Emergency Vehicles (Chaptered) | Hadwick.Heather | Motor Vehicles | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 272 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 272 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (2-Year) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Incentives, Freight Transportation and Ports, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 911 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 911 (Carrillo, Juan), Emergency Telecommunications Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (2-Year) | Carrillo.Juan | Enforcement and Penalties, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 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 1368 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1368 (Wallis, Greg), Smog Check: Exemption (2-Year) | Wallis.Greg | Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 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 | 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 712 | 2025 – Senate Bill 712 (Grove, Shannon), Smog Check: Motor Vehicles: Exemption (Dead) | Grove.Shannon | Air Quality and Emissions, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1046 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1046 (Bains, Jasmeet), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Recovered Organic Waste Product: Agricultural Crop Preparation Service (Chaptered) | Bains.Jasmeet | Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands, Waste Management | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 337 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 337 (Bennet, Steve), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Edible Food (Dead) | Bennett.Steve | Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | Dead |
| 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 |
| 2023-2024 | AB 844 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 844 (Gipson, Mike), Zero-emission trucks: insurance (Chaptered) | Gipson.Mike | Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1267 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 1267 (Ting, Phil), Zero-emission vehicle incentive programs: gasoline superusers (2-Year) | Ting.Philip | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | 2-year |
| 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 2796 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2796 (Alvarez, David), Equitable Access to Zero-Emissions Vehicles Fund (Dead) | Alvarez.David | Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles, Incentives | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1755 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 1755 (Kalra, Ash), Civil Actions: Restitution for or Replacement of a New Motor Vehicle (Chaptered) | Kalra.Ash | Administrative Procedures, Motor Vehicles, Miscellaneous | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1267 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 1267 (Ting, Phil), Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive Programs: Gasoline Superusers (Dead) | Ting.Philip | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2626 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2626 (Dixon, Diane), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations: Local Governments (Dead) | Dixon.Diane | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2021-2022 | AB 2878 | 2022 - AB 2878 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest Biomass Waste Utilization Program (Dead) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Energy, Climate Change, Waste Management | Dead |
| 2021-2022 | SB 366 | 2021 – Senate Bill 366 (Umberg, Thomas), Automobile Dismantling Task Force (Chaptered) | Umberg.Thomas | Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties | Chaptered |
| 2021-2022 | AB 734 | 2021 – Assembly Bill 734 (Garcia, Eduardo), Organic Waste Reduction Goals: Edible Food (2-Year) | Garcia.Eduardo | Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions | 2-year |
| 2019-2020 | AB 2612 | 2020 – Assembly Bill 2612 (Maienschein, Brian), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Recycling Appropriation (Dead) | Maienschein.Brian | Climate Change, Waste Management | Dead |
| 2019-2020 | SB 1024 | 2020 - Senate Bill 1024 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead) | Jones.Brian | Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions | Dead |
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