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.

191 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 859 2021 – Assembly Bill 859 (Irwin, Jacqui), Mobility devices: Personal Information (Dead)Irwin.Jacqui Alternative Mobility, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
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 1147 2021 – Assembly Bill 1147 (Friedman, Laura), Regional Transportation Plan: Active Transportation Program (Vetoed)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Vetoed
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 1260 2021 – Assembly Bill 1260 (Chen, Phillip), California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transportation-related projects (Dead)Chen.Phillip CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
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 AB 1453 2021 – Assembly Bill 1453 (Muratsuchi, Al), Environmental justice: Just Transition Advisory Commission: Just Transition Plan (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Environmental Justice Dead
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 AB 1539 2021 - Assembly Bill 1539 (Levine, Marc), Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (N/A)Levine.Marc Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure N/A
2021-2022 SB 18 2021 – Senate Bill 18 (Skinner, Nancy), Evaluations and Role of Hydrogen in Climate Change Goals (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Fuels, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 30 2021 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (2-Year)Cortese.Dave Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 31 2021 - Senate Bill 31 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 32 2021 - Senate Bill 32 (Cortese, Dave), General Plan: Building Decarbonization Requirements (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
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 68 2021 - Senate Bill 68 (Becker, Josh), Building Electrification and Electric Vehicle Charging (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 99 2021 - Senate Bill 99 (Dodd, Bill), Community Energy Resilience Act of 2021 (Dead)Dodd.Bill Energy, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 423 2021 - Senate Bill 423 (Stern, Henry), Firm Zero-Carbon Resources (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Energy Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 437 2021 - Senate Bill 437 (Wieckowski, Bob), Public Owned Utilities Rate Design Supporting Transportation Electrification (Chaptered)Wieckowski.Bob Energy, Fuels, Incentives, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
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 533 2021 - Senate Bill 533 (Stern, Henry), Wildfire Mitigation Plans: Deenergization Events (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Energy Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 551 2021 - Senate Bill 551 (Stern, Henry), California Zero-Emission Vehicle Authority (Dead)Stern.Henry Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
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 643 2021 - Senate Bill 643 (Archuleta, Robert), Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure and Hydrogen Production Statewide Assessment (Chaptered)Archuleta.Bob Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Fuels, Motor Vehicles Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 662 2021 - Senate Bill 662 (Archuleta, Robert), Hydrogen in the Transportation Sector (Dead)Archuleta.Bob Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
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

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