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 AB 1044 2023 – Assembly Bill 1044 (Gallagher, James), California Agriculture Relief Act (N/A) Gallagher.James Air Quality and Emissions N/A
2019-2020 AB 1299 2020 - Assembly Bill 1299 (Salas, Jr., Rudy), Refinery-Related Community Air Monitoring (N/A)Salas.Rudy Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Fuels N/A
2021-2022 AB 1410 2022 – Assembly Bill 1410 (Rodriguez, Freddie), Protections for Homeowner’s Association Members (N/A)Rodriguez.Freddie Air Quality and Emissions N/A
2019-2020 AB 1657 2020 - Assembly Bill 1657 (Garcia, Eduardo), Salton Sea Oversight Committee (N/A)Garcia.Eduardo Air Quality and Emissions N/A
2021-2022 AB 1957 2022 – Assembly Bill 1957 (Medina, Jose), San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Fees (N/A)Medina.Jose Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts N/A
2021-2022 AB 2840 2022 - Assembly Bill 2840 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District: Air Quality Improvement Strategy (N/A)Reyes.Eloise Gomez Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts N/A
2021-2022 SB 989 2022 - Senate Bill 989 (Hertzberg, Robert), Transformative Climate Communities Program (N/A)Hertzberg.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change N/A

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