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.

288 bills found for '2025, 2026.'
Session Sort ascending Bill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2025-2026 AB 2513 2026 Assembly Bill 2513 (Petrie-Norris, Cottie), Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants (Chaptered)Petrie-Norris.Cottie Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 2508 2026 - Assembly Bill 2508 (Hoover, Josh), Public Utilities Public Purpose Programs Fund (Dead)Hoover.Josh Energy Dead
2025-2026 SB 441 2026 - SB 441 (Hurtado, Melissa), CARB: Membership: Removal: Regulations: Review (Dead)Hurtado.Melissa Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 AB 2674 2026 - Assembly Bill 2674 (Schiavo, Pilar), State Air Resources Board: internet website: methane emissions data (Chaptered)Schiavo.Pilar Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 SB 474 2026 - SB 474 (Niello, Roger), CARB: Regulatory Authority: Revocation (Dead)Niello.Roger Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 SB 1239 2026 - Senate Bill 1239 (Jones, Brian), State Air Resources Board: regulations: supplemental impact analysis (Dead)Jones.Brian Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 SB 1123 2026 - Senate Bill 1123 (Wiener, Scott), Administrative Procedure Act: major regulations (Dead)Wiener.Scott Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 SB 526 2026 – SB 526 (Menjivar, Caroline), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Air Quality. (N/A)Menjivar.Caroline Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts N/A
2025-2026 SB 1046 2026 – SB 1046 (Blakespear, Catherine), Occupational Safety: Transboundary Pollution. (Chaptered)Blakespear.Catherine Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1584 2026 - AB 1584 (Jackson, Corey), State Air Resources Board: Office of Civil Rights (Dead)Jackson.Corey Administrative Procedures, Enforcement and Penalties, Racial Equity Dead
2025-2026 SB 811 2026 – SB 811 (Caballero, Anna), Hazardous Materials: Metal Shredding Facilities. (Chaptered)Caballero.Anna Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1642 2026 - AB 1642 (Harabedian, John), Wildfires: contamination standards (Chaptered)Harabedian.John Toxics and Hazardous Waste, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 1777 2026 – AB 1777 (Garcia, Robert), Air pollution: indirect sources (Dead)Garcia.Robert Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 AB 2349 2026 – AB 2349 (Solache, José Luis), State Air Resources Board: regional air quality incident response program (Vetoed)Solache.Jose Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 2170 2026 – AB 2170 (Boerner, Tasha), California Environmental Quality Act: overburdened communities: notices and hearings: translations (Dead)Boerner.Tasha Administrative Procedures, CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2025-2026 SB 899 2026 – SB 899 (Grove, Shannon), Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke (Dead)Grove.Shannon Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Toxics and Hazardous Waste, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands Dead
2025-2026 AB 2569 2026 – AB 2569 (Hart, Gregg), California Environmental Quality Act: natural hazards and adverse environmental conditions (Dead)Hart.Gregg CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Environmental Justice Dead
2025-2026 AB 1789 2026 – AB 1795 (Gipson, Mike), Smoke Damage Recovery Act (Chaptered)Gipson.Mike Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 735 2026 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Dead)Carrillo.Juan Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2025-2026 SB 1322 2026 - SB 1322 (Richardson, Laura), Government-to-Government Consultation Act: state-tribal consultation (N/A)N/A CEQA, Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Tribal N/A
2025-2026 AB 602 2026 – Assembly Bill 605 (Muratsuchi, Al), Lower Emissions Cargo Handling Equipment Pilot Program (N/A)Muratsuchi.Al Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Fuels N/A
2025-2026 AB 914 2026 – Assembly Bill 914 (Garcia, Robert), Air Pollution: Indirect Sources (Dead)Garcia.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Enforcement and Penalties, Short-lived Climate Pollutants Dead
2025-2026 AB 921 2026 - AB 921 (Castillo, Leticia), Generators: Air Pollution Regulations: Sales and Use Taxes: Exemptions. (Dead) Castillo.Leticia Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2025-2026 AB 907 2026 - AB 907 (Solache, José), CARB: Board Members: Compensation (Dead)Solache.Jose Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 1039 2026 - AB 1039 (Hart, Gregg), State-funded Assistance Grants and Contracts: Advance Payments. (Vetoed) Hart.Gregg Administrative Procedures, Incentives Vetoed
2025-2026 AB 1791 2026 – AB 1791 (Sanchez, Kate), CARB: South Coast Air Quality Management District: Regulations: Prohibition: Costs. (Dead)Sanchez.Kate Administrative Procedures, Local Air Districts Dead
2025-2026 AB 1612 2026 - AB 1612 (Alanis, Juan), Disposition of Controlled Substances. (N/A) Alanis.Juan Air Quality and Emissions, CEQA, Local Air Districts N/A
2025-2026 AB 2635 2026 – AB 2635 (Rodriguez, Celeste), Air Pollution: Small Off-road Engines: Voucher Programs: Local Regulation. (Vetoed)Rodriguez.Celeste Air Quality and Emissions, Incentives, Local Air Districts Vetoed
2025-2026 SB 441 2026 - SB 441 (Hurtado, Melissa), CARB: Membership: Removal: Regulations: Review (Dead)Hurtado.Melissa Administrative Procedures Dead
2025-2026 SB 58 2026 - SB 58 (Padilla, Steve), Air Quality: Standard: Hydrogen Sulfide. (Chaptered) Padilla.Steve Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered

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