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.

752 bills found
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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 475 2022 - SB 475 (Cortese, David), Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies (Dead)Cortese.Dave Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 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 482 2022 –Senate Bill 482 (Hueso, Ben), Long-term Strategy for Salton Sea (Dead)Hueso.Ben Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2023-2024 SB 485 2023 – Senate Bill 485 (Becker, Josh), Elections: election worker protections (N/A)N/A Natural and Working Lands N/A
2023-2024 SB 493 2023 – Senate Bill 493 (Min, Dave), Air Pollution: Alternative Vehicles and Electric and Hydrogen Infrastructure (Vetoed)Min.Dave Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Vetoed
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
2019-2020 SB 498 2020 - Senate Bill 498 (Hurtado, Melissa), Short-Line Railroad Funding (Dead)Hurtado.Melissa Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2021-2022 SB 499 2022 - SB 499 (Leyva, Connie) General Plan: Land Use Element: Uses Adversely Impacting Health Outcomes (Dead)Leyva.Connie Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 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 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
2023-2024 SB 507 2023 – Senate Bill 507 (Gonzalez, Lena), Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure: Assessments (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2023-2024 SB 511 2023 – Senate Bill 511 (Blakespear, Catherine), Greenhouse gas emissions inventories (Dead) Blakespear.Catherine Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 517 2023 – Senate Bill 517 (Gonzalez, Lena), Economic development: movement of freight (2-Year) Gonzalez.Lena Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
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
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 529 2021 - Senate Bill 529 (Hertzberg, Robert), Electricity Multiyear Centralized Resource Adequacy Mechanism (2-Year)Hertzberg.Robert Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 529 2022 - Senate Bill 529 (Hertzberg, Robert), Electricity: Electrical Transmission Facilities (Chaptered)Hertzberg.Robert Energy Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 529 2023 – Senate Bill 529 (Gonzalez, Lena)), Electric vehicle sharing services: affordable housing facilities (2-Year) Gonzales.Lena Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 SB 533 2021 - Senate Bill 533 (Stern, Henry), Wildfire Mitigation Plans: Deenergization Events (Chaptered)Stern.Henry Energy Chaptered
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 542 2022 – Senate Bill 543 (Limón, Monique), Nonprofit Liaison (N/A)Limón.Monique Administrative Procedures N/A
2021-2022 SB 542 2022 - Senate Bill 542 (Limon, Monique), Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Medium- or Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Trucks (Dead)Limón.Monique Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 543 2021 – Senate Bill 543 (Limón, Monique), Nonprofit Liaison (2-year)Limón.Monique Administrative Procedures 2-year
2023-2024 SB 544 2023 – Senate Bill 544 (Laird, John), Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: Teleconferencing (Chaptered)Laird.John Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 551 2021 - Senate Bill 551 (Stern, Henry), California Zero-Emission Vehicle Authority (Dead)Stern.Henry Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead

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