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.

84 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 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 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 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 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 SB 129 2021 – Senate Bill 129 (Skinner, Nancy), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)N/A Budget, Climate Change, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 3113 2020 - Assembly Bill 3113 (Eggman, Susan), Farming and Agriculture Grant Program Update (Dead)Eggman.Susan Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 AB 3199 2020 - Assembly Bill 3199 (Kiley, Kevin), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority Funding Transfer (Dead)Kiley.Kevin Climate Change, Alternative Mobility Dead
2019-2020 AB 1002 2020 - Assembly Bill 1002 (Quirk-Silva, Sharon), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Regulations and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (Dead)Quirk-Silva.Sharon Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2019-2020 AB 1567 2020 - Assembly Bill 1567 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Organic Waste Scoping Plan (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Climate Change, Waste Management Dead
2019-2020 AB 2002 2020 - Assembly Bill 2002 (Kalra, Ash), California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (Dead)Kalra.Ash Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2019-2020 AB 1942 2020 – Assembly Bill 1942 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention Funding (Dead)Gallagher.James Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 AB 2413 2020 – Assembly Bill 2413 (Ting, Philip), Study to Securitize the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (Dead)Ting.Philip Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 AB 2866 2020 - Assembly Bill 2866 (Garcia, Eduardo), Clean Fleet Program (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Incentives Dead
2019-2020 SB 1323 2020 - Senate Bill 1323 (Skinner, Nancy), Carbon Sequestration Goals for Natural and Working Lands (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 SB 1362 2020 - Senate Bill 1362 (Stern, Henry), Carbon Neutrality Comprehensive Strategy (Dead)Stern.Henry Climate Change Dead

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