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.

222 bills found for '2021 241.'
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 SB 798 2021 - Senate Bill 798 (Wieckowski, Bob), Trade Corridor Enhancement Account (2-Year)Wieckowski.Bob Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2021-2022 AB 39 2021 - Assembly Bill 39 (Chau, Ed), California-China Climate Institute (Chaptered)Chau.Ed Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 284 2021 - Assembly Bill 284 (Rivas, Robert), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Climate Goal: Natural and Working Lands (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 416 2021 - Assembly Bill 416 (Kalra, Ash), California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act: public works projects: wood and wood products (Vetoed)Kalra.Ash Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Vetoed
2021-2022 AB 584 2021 - Assembly Bill 584 (Rivas, Robert), Department of Transportation: Weight Limits: Special Permits (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Motor Vehicles 2-year
2021-2022 AB 713 2021 - Assembly Bill 713 (Garcia, Cristina), State Air Resources Board: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scoping Plan: Comprehensive Health Analysis (Dead)Garcia.Cristina Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 AB 766 2021 - Assembly Bill 766 (Gabriel, Jesse), Climate change: corporate disclosures (2-Year)Gabriel.Jesse Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1027 2021 - Assembly Bill 1027 (Seyarto, Kelly), Solid and Organic Waste (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Waste Management 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1086 2021 - Assembly Bill 1086 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Organic waste: Implementation Strategy: Report (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Waste Management Dead
2021-2022 AB 1289 2021 - Assembly Bill 1289 (Kalra, Ash), Smart Climate Agriculture Program: Plant-Based Agriculture (2-Year)Kalra.Ash Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1322 2021 - Assembly Bill 1322 (Rivas, Robert), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan: Sustainable Aviation Fuels (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1365 2021 - Assembly Bill 1365 (Bonta, Mia), Public contracts: clean concrete (2-Year)Bonta.Mia Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1395 2021 - Assembly Bill 1395 (Muratsuchi, Al), The California Climate Crisis Act (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1463 2021 - Assembly Bill 1463 (O’Donnell, Patrick), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulations (2-Year)N/A Fuels 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1508 2021 - Assembly Bill 1508 (Flora, Heath), Agriculture: Whole Orchard Recycling: Carbon Offset Credits and Healthy Soils (2-Year)Flora.Heath Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1531 2021 - Assembly Bill 1531 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Public Resources (2-Year)N/A Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 27 2021 - Senate Bill 27 (Skinner, Nancy), Carbon Sequestration: State Goals: Natural and Working Lands: Registry of Projects (Chaptered)Skinner.Nancy Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 260 2021 - Senate Bill 260 (Wiener, Scott), Climate Corporate Accountability Act (Dead)Wiener.Scott Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 467 2021 - Senate Bill 467 (Wiener, Scott), Oil and Gas: Hydraulic Fracturing, Acid Well Stimulation Treatments, Steam Flooding, Water Flooding, or Cyclic Steaming: Prohibition: Job Relocation (2-Year)Wiener.Scott Fuels 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 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 697 2021 - Senate Bill 697 (Hueso, Ben), Cap-and-Trade Program: Green Hydrogen Credit Program (Dead)Hueso.Ben Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 759 2021 - Senate Bill 759 (Hueso, Ben), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Methane: Organic Waste: Landfills (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 SB 778 2021 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete (2-Year)Becker.Josh Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 140 2021 – Assembly Bill 140 (Committee on Budget), Housing (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 621 2021 – Assembly Bill 621 (Rivas, Robert), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Environmental Review: Standard of Review: Hospitals (2-Year)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
2021-2022 AB 859 2021 – Assembly Bill 859 (Irwin, Jacqui), Mobility devices: Personal Information (Dead)Irwin.Jacqui Alternative Mobility, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 AB 1001 2021 – Assembly Bill 1001 (Garcia, Cristina), Environment: Air Pollution and Mitigation Measures for Air and Water Quality Impacts (2-Year)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1147 2021 – Assembly Bill 1147 (Friedman, Laura), Regional Transportation Plan: Active Transportation Program (Vetoed)Friedman.Laura Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Vetoed

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