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.

SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2023-2024 SB 12 2023 – Senate Bill 12 (Stern, Henry), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions limit (Dead) Stern.Henry Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 261 2023 – Senate Bill 261 (Stern, Henry), Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial risk (Chaptered) Stern.Henry Climate Change 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
2023-2024 SB 674 2023 – Senate Bill 674 (Gonzales, Lena), Refineries: Community Air Monitoring Systems: Fence-line Monitoring Systems (2-Year) Gonzales.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 SB 720 2023 – Senate Bill 720 (Stern, Henry), Aviation: airports: report: emissions: GO-Biz (2-Year) Stern.Henry Climate Change 2-year
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 849 2023 – Senate Bill 849 (Stern, Henry), Air pollution: emissions from ports (2-Year)Stern.Henry Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year

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