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.

94 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill 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 SB 582 2022 - Senate Bill 582 (Stern, Henry), Climate Emergency Mitigation, Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021. (Dead) Stern.Henry Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 AB 648 2022 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (Dead) Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1161 2022 - Assembly Bill 1161 (Garcia, Eduardo), Electricity: Eligible Renewable Energy and Zero-Carbon Resources (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 AB 1644 2022 – Assembly Bill 1644 (Flora, Heath), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 (Chaptered) Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
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 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 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 AB 905 2021 - Assembly Bill 905 (Quirk, Bill), Mobile Fueling On-Demand Tank Vehicles: Performance Standards (2-Year)Quirk.Bill Fuels 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 726 2021 - Assembly Bill 726 (Garcia, Eduardo), Capital Investment Incentive Program (Chaptered)Garcia.Eduardo Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives, Fuels, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
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 1312 2021 - Assembly Bill 1312 (Rodriguez, Freddie), Hydrogen Fuel Standard and Tax Credit (2-Year)Rodriguez.Freddie Energy, Fuels, Incentives 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 437 2021 - Senate Bill 437 (Wieckowski, Bob), Public Owned Utilities Rate Design Supporting Transportation Electrification (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Energy, Fuels, Incentives, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 439 2021 - Senate Bill 439 (Archuleta, Robert), Green Hydrogen (2-Year)Archuleta.Bob Energy, Fuels 2-year
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
2021-2022 AB 52 2021 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 111 2021 – Assembly Bill 111 (Boerner Horvath, Tasha), Transportation: Zero-Emission Vehicles (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Fuels, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2021-2022 AB 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 648 2021 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 680 2021 – Assembly Bill 680 (Burke, Autumn), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Burke.Autumn Climate Change Chaptered

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