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
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 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 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 680 2021 – Assembly Bill 680 (Burke, Autumn), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Burke.Autumn Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 63 2021 - Senate Bill 63 (Stern, Henry), Fire Prevention: Vegetation Management: Public Education: Grants: Defensible Space: Fire Hazard Severity Zones (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 671 2021 - Senate Bill 671 (Gonzalez, Lena), Transportation: Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment (Chaptered)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 39 2021 - Assembly Bill 39 (Chau, Ed), California-China Climate Institute (Chaptered)Chau.Ed Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 27 2021 - Senate Bill 27 (Skinner, Nancy), Carbon Sequestration: State Goals: Natural and Working Lands: Registry of Projects (Chaptered)Skinner.Nancy Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 596 2021 - Senate Bill 596 (Becker, Josh), Greenhouse Gases: Cement Sector: Net-Zero Emissions Strategy (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Climate Change Chaptered
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

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