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
2023-2024 SB 720 2023 – Senate Bill 720 (Stern, Henry), Aviation: airports: report: emissions: GO-Biz (2-Year) Stern.Henry Climate Change 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 SB 726 2022 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (Dead)Gonzalez.Lena Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2019-2020 SB 732 2020 - Senate Bill 732 (Allen, Ben), South Coast Air Quality Management District Transactions and Use Tax (Dead)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 733 2021 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), California Energy Commission Report to the Legislature (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 733 2022 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), Gas Corporations: Renewable Gas Procurement (Dead)Hueso.Ben Energy, Fuels Dead
2019-2020 SB 749 2020 - Senate Bill 749 (Durazo, Maria), Records and Trade Secrets (Dead)Durazo.Maria Administrative Procedures Dead
2021-2022 SB 751 2021 - Senate Bill 751 (Gonzalez, Lena), Environmental Justice (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lena Environmental Justice 2-year
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
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 759 2022 - Senate Bill 759 (Hueso, Ben), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Methane: Organic Waste: Landfills. (Dead)Hueso.Ben Climate Change Dead
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
2021-2022 SB 771 2021 - Senate Bill 771 (Becker, Josh), Zero-Emissions Vehicle Tax Exemption (2-Year)Becker.Josh Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Local Air Districts, Incentives 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 SB 778 2022 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete. (Dead) Becker.Josh Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 781 2023 – Senate Bill 781 (Stern, Henry), Methane emissions: natural gas producing low methane emissions (Dead)Stern.Henry Short-lived Climate Pollutants Dead
2023-2024 SB 790 2023 – Senate Bill 790 (Padilla, Steve), Public Records: Contracts for Goods and Services (Chaptered)Padilla.Steve Administrative Procedures Chaptered
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 SB 798 2022 - Senate Bill 798 (Wieckowski, Bob), Trade Corridor Enhancement Account (Dead) Wieckowski.Bob Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2023-2024 SB 800 2023 – Senate Bill 800 (Caballero, Anna), Advanced Air Mobility, Zero-Emission, and Electrification Aviation Advisory Panel (Chaptered) Caballero.Anna Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 802 2020 - Senate Bill 802 (Glazer, Steven), Deenergization and Health Facility Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Glaser.Steven Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 808 2020 - Senate Bill 808 (Mitchell, Holly), Budget Act of 2020 (Dead)Mitchell.Holly Budget, Climate Change Dead
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
2023-2024 SB 823 2023 – Senate Bill 823 (Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola), Discounted Electric Vehicle Charging Payment Card Competitive Grant Program (Dead)Smallwood-Cuevas.Lola Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 828 2021 – Senate Bill 828 (Governmental Organization Committee), El Monte Lab as Surplus State Property (Chaptered)Governmental Organization Committee Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 846 2022 - Senate Bill 846 (Dodd, Bill), Diablo Canyon Powerplant: Extension of Operations (Chaptered)Dodd.Bill Energy Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 849 2023 – Senate Bill 849 (Stern, Henry), Air pollution: emissions from ports (2-Year)Stern.Henry Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2019-2020 SB 858 2020 - Senate Bill 858 (Beall, Jim), Thermal Powerplant Licensing Exemption for Emergency Backup and Standby Generators at Data Centers (Dead)Beall.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 SB 867 2023 – Senate Bill 867 (Allen, Ben), Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture (2-Year)Allen.Ben Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Energy 2-year
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

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