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 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 AB 914 2025 – Assembly Bill 914 (Garcia, Robert), Air Pollution: Indirect Sources (2-Year)Garcia.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Enforcement and Penalties, Short-lived Climate Pollutants 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 682 2025 – Senate Bill 682 (Allen, Benjamin), Environmental Health: Product Safety: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Vetoed)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2025-2026 SB 127 2025 – Senate Bill 127 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Climate Change (Chaptered)Committee on Budget Budget, Incentives, Enforcement and Penalties Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 605 2025 – Assembly Bill 605 (Muratsuchi, Al), Lower Emissions Cargo Handling Equipment Pilot Program (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Fuels 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 1106 2025 – Assembly Bill 1106 (Rodriguez, Michelle), State Air Resources Board: Regional Air Quality Incident Response Program (Dead)Rodriguez.Michelle Enforcement and Penalties, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 AB 1003 2025 – Assembly Bill 1003 (Calderon, Lisa), Public Health: Emergency Plans and Wildfire Research (Chaptered)Calderon.Lisa Toxics and Hazardous Waste, Miscellaneous Chaptered
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
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2023-2024 AB 1660 2024 - Assembly Bill 1660 (Ta, Tri), Cosmetic Products: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (Dead)Ta.Tri Air Quality and Emissions, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Dead
2023-2024 ABX2 8 2024 – Assembly Bill X2-8 (Gipson, Mike), Air Pollution: Tanker Vessels: At-Berth Requirements: Delay (Dead)Gipson.Mike Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports 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 SB 366 2021 – Senate Bill 366 (Umberg, Thomas), Automobile Dismantling Task Force (Chaptered)Umberg.Thomas Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1817 2022 - Assembly Bill 1817 (Ting, Philip), Product safety: textile articles: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Toxics and Hazardous Waste Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 2771 2022 – Assembly Bill 2771 (Friedman, Laura), Ban on Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Cosmetic Products (Chaptered)Friedman.Laura Toxics and Hazardous Waste Chaptered

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