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.

119 bills found for '2025,'
Session Sort ascending Bill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2025-2026 SB 470 2025 - SB 470 (Laird, John), Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: Teleconferencing (Chaptered)Laird.John Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 70 2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 237 2025 – Senate Bill 237 (Grayson, Tim), Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources (Chaptered) Grayson.Tim Climate Change, Fuels Chaptered
2025-2026 ABX1 13 2025 – Assembly Bill X1 13 (Gonzalez, Jeff), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan (Dead) Gonzalez.Jeff Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2025-2026 AB 1207 2025 – Assembly Bill 1207 (Irwin, Jacqui), Climate Change: Market-Based Compliance Mechanism: Extension (Chaptered) Irwin.Jacqui Climate Change Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 318 2025 - SB 318 (Becker, Josh), Air Pollution: Stationary Sources: Best Available Control Technology (Dead)Becker.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 ABX1 14 2025 - ABX1 14 (Castillo, Leticia), Generators: Air Pollution Regulations: Income Tax Credits (Dead) Castillo.Leticia Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 AB 1305 2025 - AB 1305 (Arambula, Joaquin), Local Air Districts: Permit Information (Dead)Arambula.Joaquin Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 1232 2025 - AB 1232 (Ávila Farías, Anamarie), Administrative Procedure Act: Proposed Regulations: Cost of Living Impact (Dead)Avila-Farias Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 AB 471 2025 - AB 471 (Hart, Gregg), County Air Pollution Control Districts: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District: Board Members (Chaptered) Hart.Gregg Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 71 2025 – Senate Bill 71 (Weiner, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transit Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Public Transit, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1003 2025 – Assembly Bill 1003 (Calderon, Lisa), Public Health: Emergency Plans and Wildfire Research (Chaptered)Calderon.Lisa Toxics and Hazardous Waste, Miscellaneous Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 79 2025 – Senate Bill 79 (Wiener, Scott), Housing Development: Transit-oriented Development (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 438 2025 – Assembly Bill 438 (Hadwick, Heather), Authorized Emergency Vehicles (Chaptered)Hadwick.Heather Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 91 2025 – Assembly Bill 91 (Harabedian, John), State and Local Agencies: Demographic Data (Chaptered)Harabedian.John Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 415 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 337 2025 - Assembly Bill 337 (Bennet, Steve), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Edible Food (Dead)Bennett.Steve Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Dead
2025-2026 SB 688 2025 - SB 688 (Niello, Roger), Office of Regulatory Counsel (Dead) Niello.Roger Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 AB 1275 2025 - Assembly Bill 1275 (Elhawary, Sade), Regional Housing Needs: Regional Transportation Plan (Chaptered)Elhawary.Sade Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1223 2025 - Assembly Bill 1223 (Nguyen, Stephanie), Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority (Chaptered)Nguyen.Stephanie Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1046 2025 - Assembly Bill 1046 (Bains, Jasmeet), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Recovered Organic Waste Product: Agricultural Crop Preparation Service (Chaptered)Bains.Jasmeet Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 655 2025 - Senate Bill 655 (Stern, Henry), Dwelling Units: Indoor Temperature (Chaptered)Henry Stern Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 947 2025 - Assembly Bill 947 (Connolly, Damon), Agriculture: Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995 (Chaptered)Connolly.Damon Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 332 2025 - Senate Bill 332 (Wahab, Aisha), Investor-Owned Utilities Accountability Act (Dead)Wahab.Aisha Energy Dead
2025-2026 SB 282 2025 - Senate Bill 282 (Wiener, Scott), Residential Heat Pump Systems: Water Heaters and HVAC Installations (Dead)Wiener.Scott Energy, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 SB 254 2025 - Senate Bill 254 (Becker, Josh), Electricity: Public Financing of Transmission Infrastructure: Wildfire Mitigation: Permitting of Clean Energy Projects (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 86 2025 - Senate Bill 86 (McNerney, Jerry), California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (Chaptered)McNerney.Jerry Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 900 2025 - Assembly Bill 900 (Papan, Diane ) Environmental protection: 30x30 goals: land conservation: stewardship (Chaptered)Papan.Diane Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1280 2025 - Assembly Bill 1280 (Garcia, Robert), Industrial Decarbonization Programs: Thermal Energy Storage (Chaptered)Garcia.Robert Energy Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 663 2025 - Assembly Bill 663 (McKinnor, Tina), Hydrofluorocarbon Gases: Sale and Distribution Prohibition: Exemptions (Chaptered)McKinnor.Tina Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants Chaptered

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