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 SBX1 1 2024 – Senate Bill X1 1 (Jones, Brian), Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs: Suspension (Dead) Jones.Brian Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2023-2024 SB 32 2023 – Senate Bill 32 (Jones, Brian), Motor vehicle fuel tax: greenhouse gas reduction programs: suspension (2-Year) Jones.Brian Fuels, Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 SB X1 1 2023 – Senate Bill X1 1 (Jones, Brian), Motor vehicle fuel tax: greenhouse gas reduction programs: suspension (Dead) Jones.Brian Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 AB 128 2021 – Assembly Bill 128 (Ting, Philip), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 137 2021 – Assembly Bill 137 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: State Government (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 148 2021 – Assembly Bill 148 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: Public Resources (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 164 2021 – Assembly Bill 164 (Ting, Philip), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 525 2021 – Assembly Bill 525 (Chiu, David), Offshore Wind Generation (Chaptered)Chiu.David Climate Change, Energy 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
2021-2022 SB 85 2021 – Senate Bill 85 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Act of 2020 (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 129 2021 – Senate Bill 129 (Skinner, Nancy), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Skinner.Nancy Budget, Climate Change, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1453 2021 – Assembly Bill 1453 (Muratsuchi, Al), Environmental justice: Just Transition Advisory Commission: Just Transition Plan (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 SB 17 2021 - Senate Bill 17 (Pan, Richard), Office of Racial Equity (2-Year)Pan.Richard Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 SB 261 2021 - Senate Bill 261 (Allen, Ben), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 475 2021 - Senate Bill 475 (Allen, Ben), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 751 2021 - Senate Bill 751 (Gonzalez, Lena), Environmental Justice (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice 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 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 46 2021 – Senate Bill 46 (Stern, Henry), American Rescue Plan Funds (2-year)Stern.Henry Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 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 SB 726 2021 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1087 2021 - Assembly Bill 1087 (Chiu, David), Environmental Justice Community Resilience Hubs Program (2-Year)Chiu.David Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1139 2021 - Assembly Bill 1139 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Net Energy Metering (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lorena Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 SB 18 2021 – Senate Bill 18 (Skinner, Nancy), Evaluations and Role of Hydrogen in Climate Change Goals (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Fuels, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 155 2021 – Senate Bill 155 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Budget Trailer Bill: Public Resources (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Waste Management Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 170 2021 – Senate Bill 170 (Skinner, Nancy), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Skinner.Nancy Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 500 2021 – Senate Bill 500 (Min, Dave), Autonomous Vehicles: Zero Emissions (Chaptered)Min.Dave Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Climate Change, Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 619 2021 – Senate Bill 619 (Laird, John), Organic Waste Reduction Regulations: Local Jurisdiction Compliance (Chaptered)Laird.John Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 5 2021 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: transfer (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 2-year

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