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
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 AB 1207 2025 – Assembly Bill 1207 (Irwin, Jacqui), Climate Change: Market-Based Compliance Mechanism: Extension (Chaptered) Irwin.Jacqui Climate Change Chaptered
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 AB 406 2025 – Assembly Bill 406 (Schiavo, Pilar), Employment: Unlawful Discrimination: Victims of Violence (N/A) Schiavo.Pilar Fuels N/A
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 352 2025 - Senate Bill 352 (Reyes, Eloise), Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: Community Air Monitoring (Chaptered)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice Chaptered
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 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

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