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.

Session Ordenar ascendente Bill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2025-2026 AB 70 2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 643 2025 - Assembly Bill 643 (Wilson, Lori), Climate Change: Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction (2-Year)Wilson.Lori Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management 2-year
2025-2026 AB 1046 2025 - Assembly Bill 1046 (Bains, Jasmeet), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Recovered Organic Waste Product: Agricultural Crop Preparation Service (Chaptered)Bains.Jasmeet Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands, Waste Management Chaptered
2025-2026 AB 337 2025 - Assembly Bill 337 (Bennet, Steve), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Edible Food (Dead)Bennett.Steve Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management Dead
2025-2026 AB 28 2025 - Assembly Bill 28 (Schiavo, Pilar), Solid Waste Landfills: Subsurface Temperatures (2-Year)Schiavo.Pilar Waste Management, Environmental Justice, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 AB 734 2021 – Assembly Bill 734 (Garcia, Eduardo), Organic Waste Reduction Goals: Edible Food (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 AB 2878 2022 - AB 2878 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest Biomass Waste Utilization Program (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Climate Change, Waste Management Dead
2019-2020 AB 2612 2020 – Assembly Bill 2612 (Maienschein, Brian), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Recycling Appropriation (Dead)Maienschein.Brian Climate Change, Waste Management Dead

If you have any questions concerning CARB-related legislation, contact the Legislative Office at (916) 322-2896.