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.

49 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 366 2021 – Senate Bill 366 (Umberg, Thomas), Automobile Dismantling Task Force (Chaptered)Umberg.Thomas Motor Vehicles, Enforcement and Penalties 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 570 2021 – Senate Bill 570 (Wieckowski, Bob), Vehicle Equipment (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Motor Vehicles 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 140 2021 – Assembly Bill 140 (Committee on Budget), Housing (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Alternative Mobility 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
2021-2022 SB 7 2021 – Senate Bill 7 (Atkins, Toni), Environmental Quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Atkins.Toni CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 44 2021 - Senate Bill 44 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Judicial Review: Environmental Leadership Transit Projects (Chaptered)Allen.Ben CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 339 2021- Senate Bill 339 (Wiener, Scott), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 361 2021 – Assembly Bill 361 (Rivas, Robert), State and Local Agency Teleconference Meetings (Chaptered)Rivas.Robert Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 619 2021 – Assembly Bill 619 (Calderon, Lisa), Air Quality Health Plan for Wildfires (Chaptered)Calderon.Lisa Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 642 2021 – Assembly Bill 642 (Friedman, Laura), Prescribed Burn and Wildfires (Chaptered)Friedman.Laura Air Quality and Emissions, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 844 2021 – Assembly Bill 844 (Grayson, Timothy), Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront Area of Contra Costa County (Chaptered)Grayson.Tim Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1291 2021 – Assembly Bill 1291 (Frazier, Jim), State Body Open Meetings (Chaptered)Frazier.Jim Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1346 2021 – Assembly Bill 1346 (Berman, Marc), Small Off-Road Engines (Chaptered)Berman.Marc Air Quality and Emissions, Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 828 2021 – Senate Bill 828 (Governmental Organization Committee), El Monte Lab as Surplus State Property (Chaptered)Governmental Organization Committee Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 302 2021 - Assembly Bill 302 (Ward, Christopher), San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: Regulation of For-Hire Vehicle and Passenger Jitney Services (Chaptered)Ward.Christopher Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 794 2021 - Assembly Bill 794 (Carrillo, Wendy), Air Pollution: Purchase of New Drayage and Short-Haul Trucks: Incentive Programs: Eligibility: Labor Standards (Chaptered)Carrillo.Wendy Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 992 2021 - Assembly Bill 992 (Cooley, Ken), California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (Chaptered)Cooley.Ken Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1261 2021 - Assembly Bill 1261 (Burke, Autumn), State Air Resources Board: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Incentive Programs (Chaptered)Burke.Autumn Incentives Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 214 2021 - Senate Bill 214 (Bates, Patricia), Neighborhood Electric Vehicles: County of Orange: Ranch Plan Planned Community (Chaptered)Bates.Patricia Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 338 2021 - Senate Bill 338 (Gonzalez, Lena), Joint and Several Liability of Port Drayage Motor Carrier Customers: Health and Safety Violations: Prior Offenders: Liability Owed to the State (Chaptered)Gonzalez.Lena Enforcement and Penalties Chaptered

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