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 825 2025 - Assembly Bill 825 (Petrie-Norris, Cottie), Independent System Operator: Independent Regional Organization (Chaptered)Petrie-Norris.Cottie Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 852 2025 - Assembly Bill 852 (Wallis, Greg), Air Pollution: Oxides of Nitrogen: Gas Appliances (2-Year)Wallis.Greg Energy, Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
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 567 2025 – Senate Bill 567 (Limón, Monique), Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program (Chaptered)Limón.Monique Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 732 2025 – Senate Bill 732 (Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie), Emergency Backup Generators: Critical Facilities: Exemptions (2-Year)OchoaBogh.Rosilicie Air Quality and Emissions, Energy, Local Air Districts 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1280 2025 - Assembly Bill 1280 (Garcia, Robert), Industrial Decarbonization Programs: Thermal Energy Storage (Chaptered)Garcia.Robert Energy Chaptered
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 SB 254 2025 - Senate Bill 254 (Becker, Josh), Electricity: Public Financing of Transmission Infrastructure: Wildfire Mitigation: Permitting of Clean Energy Projects (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 282 2025 - Senate Bill 282 (Wiener, Scott), Residential Heat Pump Systems: Water Heaters and HVAC Installations (Dead)Wiener.Scott Energy, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 SB 332 2025 - Senate Bill 332 (Wahab, Aisha), Investor-Owned Utilities Accountability Act (Dead)Wahab.Aisha Energy Dead
2025-2026 SB 377 2025 - Senate Bill 377 (Grayson, Tim), Biomethane Procurement Targets (2-Year)Grayson.Tim Energy 2-year
2025-2026 SB 655 2025 - Senate Bill 655 (Stern, Henry), Dwelling Units: Indoor Temperature (Chaptered)Henry Stern Energy Chaptered

If you have any questions concerning CARB-related legislation, contact the Legislative Office at (916) 322-2896.