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.

53 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 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
2019-2020 SB 288 2020 - Senate Bill 288 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions for Transit and Alternative Transportation Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 392 2020 - Senate Bill 392 (Allen, Ben), Green Chemistry (Dead)Allen.Ben Toxics and Hazardous Waste 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
2021-2022 SB 502 2021 - Senate Bill 502 (Allen, Benjamin), Hazardous Materials: Green Chemistry: Consumer Products (2-Year)Allen.Ben Toxics and Hazardous Waste 2-year
2021-2022 SB 502 2022 - Senate Bill 502 (Allen, Benjamin), Hazardous Materials: Green Chemistry: Consumer Products (Chaptered)Allen.Ben Toxics and Hazardous Waste Chaptered
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
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 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
2019-2020 SB 757 2020 - Senate Bill 757 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Environmental Leadership Projects: Fixed Guideway (Vetoed)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Vetoed
2023-2024 SB 768 2023 – Senate Bill 768 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: vehicle miles traveled: statement of overriding consideration (2-Year) Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 886 2022 - SB 886 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemption: Public Universities: University Housing Development Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 917 2022 - SB 917 (Becker, Josh), Seamless Transit Transformation Act (Dead)Becker.Josh CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 SB 922 2022 - SB 922 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transportation-Related Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 995 2020 - Senate Bill 995 (Atkins, Toni), Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: Extension and Housing Projects (Dead)Atkins.Toni Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Dead
2021-2022 SB 1136 2022 - SB 1136 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited Environmental Review: Climate Change Regulations (Vetoed)Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 1274 2022 - SB 1274 (McGuire, Mark), Environmental Quality: Environmental Leadership Development Projects: Clean Energy Transmission Projects: Offshore Wind (Dead)McGuire.Mike CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 SB 1346 2020 - Senate Bill 1346 (Dahle, Brian), State Fleet Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Program (Dead)Dahle.Brian Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Dead
2021-2022 SB 1410 2022 - SB 1410 (Caballero, Anna), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impacts (Dead)Caballero.Anna CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 SB 2323 2020 - Senate Bill 2323 (Friedman, Laura), California Environmental Quality Act Exemptions (Dead)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Dead

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