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 1027 2021 - Assembly Bill 1027 (Seyarto, Kelly), Solid and Organic Waste (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Waste Management 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1289 2021 - Assembly Bill 1289 (Kalra, Ash), Smart Climate Agriculture Program: Plant-Based Agriculture (2-Year)Kalra.Ash Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1322 2021 - Assembly Bill 1322 (Rivas, Robert), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan: Sustainable Aviation Fuels (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1365 2021 - Assembly Bill 1365 (Bonta, Mia), Public contracts: clean concrete (2-Year)Bonta.Mia Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1395 2021 - Assembly Bill 1395 (Muratsuchi, Al), The California Climate Crisis Act (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1463 2021 - Assembly Bill 1463 (O’Donnell, Patrick), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulations (2-Year)N/A Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1508 2021 - Assembly Bill 1508 (Flora, Heath), Agriculture: Whole Orchard Recycling: Carbon Offset Credits and Healthy Soils (2-Year)Flora.Heath Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1531 2021 - Assembly Bill 1531 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Public Resources (2-Year)N/A Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 467 2021 - Senate Bill 467 (Wiener, Scott), Oil and Gas: Hydraulic Fracturing, Acid Well Stimulation Treatments, Steam Flooding, Water Flooding, or Cyclic Steaming: Prohibition: Job Relocation (2-Year)Wiener.Scott Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 SB 582 2021 - Senate Bill 582 (Stern, Henry), Climate Emergency Mitigation, Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021 (2-Year)Stern.Henry Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 759 2021 - Senate Bill 759 (Hueso, Ben), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Methane: Organic Waste: Landfills (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 778 2021 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete (2-Year)Becker.Josh Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 621 2021 – Assembly Bill 621 (Rivas, Robert), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Environmental Review: Standard of Review: Hospitals (2-Year)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1001 2021 – Assembly Bill 1001 (Garcia, Cristina), Environment: Air Pollution and Mitigation Measures for Air and Water Quality Impacts (2-Year)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1209 2021 – Assembly Bill 1209 (McCarty, Kevin) Transportation Planning: Sacramento Area Council of Governments: Green Means Go Grant and Loan Program (2-year) McCarty.Kevin Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1277 2021 – Assembly Bill 1277 (Rubio, Blanca), California Environmental Quality Act: Student Housing Development Projects: Expedited Judicial Review (2-Year)Rubio.Blanca CEQA 2-year
2021-2022 SB 30 2021 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (2-Year)Cortese.Dave Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 67 2021 - Senate Bill 67 (Becker, Josh), California 24/7 Clean Energy Standard Program (2-Year)Becker.Josh Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 439 2021 - Senate Bill 439 (Archuleta, Robert), Green Hydrogen (2-Year)Archuleta.Bob Energy, Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 SB 529 2021 - Senate Bill 529 (Hertzberg, Robert), Electricity Multiyear Centralized Resource Adequacy Mechanism (2-Year)Hertzberg.Robert Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 560 2021 - Senate Bill 560 (Rubio, Susan), Climate Pollution Reduction in Homes Initiative (2-Year)Rubio.Susan Energy, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 612 2021 - Senate Bill 612 (Portantino, Anthony), Allocation of Legacy Resources for Load-Serving Entities (2-Year)Portantino.Anthony Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 677 2021 - Senate Bill 677 (Hueso, Ben), Electricity Reliability Reporting (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2021-2022 SB 733 2021 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), California Energy Commission Report to the Legislature (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 771 2021 - Senate Bill 771 (Becker, Josh), Zero-Emissions Vehicle Tax Exemption (2-Year)Becker.Josh Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Local Air Districts, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 113 2021 – Assembly Bill 113 (Boerner Horvath, Tasha), Income Taxes: Electric Vehicles (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
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 AB 965 2021 – Assembly Bill 965 (Levine, Marc), Building Standards: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (2-Year)Levine.Marc Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2021-2022 SB 12 2021 – Senate Bill 12 (McGuire, Mike), Local Government Planning and Zoning: Wildfires (2-Year)McGuire.Mike Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 SB 17 2021 - Senate Bill 17 (Pan, Richard), Office of Racial Equity (2-Year)Pan.Richard Environmental Justice 2-year

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