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.

329 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 SB 261 2021 - Senate Bill 261 (Allen, Ben), Regional Transportation Plans: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 SB 261 2023 – Senate Bill 261 (Stern, Henry), Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial risk (Chaptered) Stern.Henry Climate Change Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 308 2023 – Senate Bill 308 (Becker, Josh), Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act (2-Year) Becker.Josh Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 SB 310 2023 – Senate Bill 310 (Dodd, Bill), Prescribed Fire: Cultural Burns (2-Year) Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Local Air Districts 2-year
2019-2020 SB 319 2020 - Senate Bill 319 (Moorlach, John), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Additional Traffic Lanes (Dead)Moorlach.John Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 359 2021 - Senate Bill 359 (Caballero, Anna), Climate Change: Resilient Merced County Incentive Pilot Program (Dead)Caballero.Anna Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 390 2023 – Senate Bill 390 (Limón, Monique), Voluntary carbon offsets: business regulation (Vetoed) Limón.Monique Climate Change Vetoed
2023-2024 SB 415 2023 – Senate Bill 415 (Durazo, María Elena), Air Quality: Rules and Regulations: Socioeconomic Impacts Assessment (Dead) Durazo.Maria Elena Administrative Procedures, Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 SB 422 2023 – Senate Bill 422 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: expedited environmental review: climate change regulations (2-Year) Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2019-2020 SB 431 2020 - Senate Bill 431 (McGuire, Mike), Backup Electrical Supply Rules for Telecommunications Service (Dead)McGuire.Mike Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 SB 438 2023 – Senate Bill 438 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program: incidental and unintentional residual oil production (2-Year) Caballero.Anna Climate Change 2-year
2019-2020 SB 466 2020 - Senate Bill 466 (Wilk, Scott), Environmental Farming Program (Dead)Wilk.Scott Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 475 2021 - Senate Bill 475 (Allen, Ben), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (2-Year)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 482 2022 –Senate Bill 482 (Hueso, Ben), Long-term Strategy for Salton Sea (Dead)Hueso.Ben Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 482 2021 – Senate Bill 482 (Hueso, Ben), Long-Term Strategy for Salton Sea (2-year)Hueso.Ben Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 SB 495 2021 - Senate Bill 495 (Dahle, Brian), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan (Dead)Dahle.Brian Climate Change Dead
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
2023-2024 SB 501 2023 – Senate Bill 501 (Newman, Josh), Retail hydrogen refueling stations: reliability and service quality plan (Dead) Newman.Josh Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 SB 506 2022 - Senate Bill 506 (Jones, Brian), California Environmental Quality Act: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Vegetation Management Projects (Dead)Jones.Brian CEQA, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 506 2021 - Senate Bill 506 (Jones, Brian), California Environmental Quality Act: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Vegetation Management Projects (2-Year)Jones.Brian CEQA, Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 SB 511 2023 – Senate Bill 511 (Blakespear, Catherine), Greenhouse gas emissions inventories (Dead) Blakespear.Catherine Climate Change Dead
N/A SB 527 2022 - Senate Bill 527 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Salton Sea Restoration (Dead)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 527 2021 - Senate Bill 527 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Salton Sea Restoration (2-Year)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 582 2022 - Senate Bill 582 (Stern, Henry), Climate Emergency Mitigation, Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021. (Dead) Stern.Henry Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 582 2021 - Senate Bill 582 (Stern, Henry), Climate Emergency Mitigation, Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021 (2-Year)Stern.Henry Climate Change 2-year
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 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 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
2023-2024 SB 674 2023 – Senate Bill 674 (Gonzales, Lena), Refineries: Community Air Monitoring Systems: Fence-line Monitoring Systems (2-Year) Gonzales.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts 2-year
2019-2020 SB 677 2020 - Senate Bill 677 (Allen, Ben), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (N/A)Allen.Ben Climate Change N/A

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