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.

101 bills found for '2021 241,'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 AB 467 2021 - Assembly Bill 467 (Grayson, Timothy), Smog Check: Exemption: Historic Vehicles (2-Year)Grayson.Tim Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 905 2021 - Assembly Bill 905 (Quirk, Bill), Mobile Fueling On-Demand Tank Vehicles: Performance Standards (2-Year)Quirk.Bill Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1069 2021 - Assembly Bill 1069 (Lackey, Tom), Zero-Emission Passenger Vehicles: Underrepresented Communities (2-Year)Lackey.Tom Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1364 2021 - Assembly Bill 1364 (Flora, Heath), Motor Vehicle Inspection Program: License Fees: Smog Checks (2-Year)Flora.Heath Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1389 2021 - Assembly Bill 1389 (Reyes, Eloise), Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (2-Year)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 210 2021 - Senate Bill 210 (Wiener, Scott), Automated License Plate Recognition Systems: Use of Data (2-Year)Wiener.Scott Enforcement and Penalties 2-year
2021-2022 SB 542 2021 - Senate Bill 542 (Limón, Monique), Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Medium- or Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Trucks (2-Year)Limón.Monique Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 SB 726 2021 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 64 2021 - Assembly Bill 64 (Quirk, Bill), Long-Term Backup Electricity Supply Strategy (2-Year)Quirk.Bill Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 365 2021 - Assembly Bill 365 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Sales Tax Exclusion for Zero-Emission and Near-Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks (2-Year)N/A Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Freight Transportation and Ports, Incentives, Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 843 2021 - Assembly Bill 843 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff Program: Community Choice Aggregators (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 906 2021 - Assembly Bill 906 (Carrillo, Wendy), Zero-Emission Trucks: Tax and Fee Exemptions (2-Year)Carrillo.Wendy Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives, Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1087 2021 - Assembly Bill 1087 (Chiu, David), Environmental Justice Community Resilience Hubs Program (2-Year)Chiu.David Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1088 2021 - Assembly Bill 1088 (Mayes, Chad), California Procurement Authority (2-Year)Mayes.Chad Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1139 2021 - Assembly Bill 1139 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Net Energy Metering (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lorena Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1239 2021 - Assembly Bill 1239 (Ting, Philip), Demand Response Resources and Programs (2-Year)Ting.Philip Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1312 2021 - Assembly Bill 1312 (Rodriguez, Freddie), Hydrogen Fuel Standard and Tax Credit (2-Year)Rodriguez.Freddie Energy, Fuels, Incentives 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1325 2021 - Assembly Bill 1325 (Burke, Autumn), Clean Community Microgrid Incentive Program (2-Year)Burke.Autumn Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 30 2021 - Senate Bill 30 (Cortese, Dave), Building Decarbonization (2-Year)Cortese.Dave Energy 2-year
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 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 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 AB 5 2021 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: transfer (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 AB 52 2021 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 111 2021 – Assembly Bill 111 (Boerner Horvath, Tasha), Transportation: Zero-Emission Vehicles (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Fuels, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure 2-year
2021-2022 AB 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 380 2021 – Assembly Bill 380 (Seyarto, Kelly), Forestry: Priority Fuel Reduction Projects (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 426 2021 – Assembly Bill 426 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Toxic Air Contaminants (2-Year)Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year

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