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.

74 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 AB 5 2021 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: transfer (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2021-2022 AB 5 2022 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: Transfer (Dead)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility Dead
2021-2022 AB 140 2021 – Assembly Bill 140 (Committee on Budget), Housing (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 302 2021 - Assembly Bill 302 (Ward, Christopher), San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: Regulation of For-Hire Vehicle and Passenger Jitney Services (Chaptered)Ward.Christopher Alternative Mobility Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 426 2021 – Assembly Bill 426 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Toxic Air Contaminants (2-Year)Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports 2-year
2021-2022 AB 426 2022 – Assembly Bill 426 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Toxic Air Contaminants (Dead)Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Local Air Districts, Freight Transportation and Ports, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Dead
2023-2024 AB 536 2023 – Assembly Bill 536 (Wilson, Lori), Bay Area Air Quality Management Advisory Council: Compensation (Chaptered)Wilson.Lori Local Air Districts Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 650 2023 – Assembly Bill 650 (Arambula, Joaquin), San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Board (2-Year)Arambula.Joaquin Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 AB 769 2023 – Assembly Bill 769 (Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca), Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: Credits: Carbon Reduction (2-Year) Bauer-Kahan.Rebecca Administrative Procedures, Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 823 2021 - Assembly Bill 823 (Gray, Adam), High-Speed Rail Authority: Trains Powered by Fossil Fuel Combustion Engines (2-Year)Gray.Adam Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 2-year
2021-2022 AB 823 2022 - Assembly Bill 823 (Gray, Adam), High-Speed Rail Authority: Trains Powered by Fossil Fuel Combustion Engines (Dead)Gray.Adam Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit Dead
2023-2024 AB 849 2023 – Assembly Bill 849 (Garcia, Eduardo), Community emissions reduction programs (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
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
2019-2020 AB 935 2020 - Assembly Bill 935 (Rivas, Robert), Monitoring of Oil and Gas Operations (Dead)Rivas.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Fuels, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 AB 953 2023 – Assembly Bill 953 (Connolly, Damon), Coastal Resources: Voluntary Vessel Speed Reduction and Sustainable Shipping Program (Dead)Conolly.Damon Air Quality and Emissions, Freight Transportation and Ports, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 AB 985 2023 – Assembly Bill 985 (Arambula, Joaquin), San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: Emission Reduction Credit System (2-Year) Arambula.Joaquin Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
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
2023-2024 AB 1216 2023 – Assembly Bill 1216 (Muratsuchi, Al), Wastewater Treatment Plants: Monitoring of Air Pollutants (Chaptered)Muratsuchi.Al Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1235 2021 - Assembly Bill 1235 (Patterson, Jim), High-Speed Rail: Legislative Oversight (2-Year)Patterson.Jim Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1235 2022 - Assembly Bill 1235 (Patterson, Jim), High-Speed Rail: Legislative Oversight (Dead)Patterson.Jim Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit Dead
2021-2022 AB 1270 2021 – Assembly Bill 1270 (Rivas, Luz), Monitoring and Reporting Methane at Natural Gas Plants (2-year)Rivas.Luz Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1270 2022 – Assembly Bill 1270 (Rivas, Luz), Monitoring and Reporting Methane at Natural Gas Plants (Dead)Rivas.Luz Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 AB 1296 2021 – Assembly Bill 1296 (Kamlager, Sydney), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Kamlager.Sydney Local Air Districts, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1296 2022 – Assembly Bill 1296 (Kamlager, Sydney), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Environmental Justice Board Membership (Dead)Kamlager.Sydney Local Air Districts, Environmental Justice Dead
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 1523 2021 – Assembly Bill 1523 (Gallagher, James), Regulation of Greenhouse Gases (2-year)Gallagher.James Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1523 2022 – Assembly Bill 1523 (Gallagher, James), Greenhouse Gases (Dead)Gallagher.James Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 AB 1565 2023 – Assembly Bill 1465 (Wicks, Buffy), Nonvehicular Air Pollution: Civil Penalties (2-Year) Wicks.Buffy Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1609 2023 – Assembly Bill 1609 (Garcia, Eduardo), Air pollution: motor vehicle registration: pollution reduction (2-Year) Garcia.Eduardo Incentives, Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year

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