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
2021-2022 AB 52 2022 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 52 2021 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2019-2020 AB 78 2020 – Assembly Bill 78 (Committee on Budget), Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 89 2020 - Assembly Bill 89 (Ting, Philip), Budget Act of 2020 (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Budget Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 90 2020 – Assembly Bill 90 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: Transportation (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 128 2021 – Assembly Bill 128 (Ting, Philip), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 137 2021 – Assembly Bill 137 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: State Government (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2023-2024 AB 143 2023 – Assembly Bill 143 (Committee on Budget), State Government: Teleconference and Bagley Keene Act (Dead)Committee on Budget Administrative Procedures, Budget Dead
2021-2022 AB 148 2021 – Assembly Bill 148 (Committee on Budget), Budget Trailer Bill: Public Resources (Chaptered)Budget.Committee Budget, Climate Change, Administrative Procedures Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 164 2021 – Assembly Bill 164 (Ting, Philip), Budget Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Ting.Philip Budget, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 297 2022 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Fire Prevention (Dead)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 380 2022 – Assembly Bill 380 (Seyarto, Kelly), Forestry: Priority Fuel Reduction Projects (Dead)Seyarto.Kelly Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 380 2021 – Assembly Bill 380 (Seyarto, Kelly), Forestry: Priority Fuel Reduction Projects (2-Year)Seyarto.Kelly Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 416 2021 - Assembly Bill 416 (Kalra, Ash), California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act: public works projects: wood and wood products (Vetoed)Kalra.Ash Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Vetoed
2023-2024 AB 625 2023 – Assembly Bill 625 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest biomass: management: emissions: energy (Dead)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Energy, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants Dead
2021-2022 AB 642 2021 – Assembly Bill 642 (Friedman, Laura), Prescribed Burn and Wildfires (Chaptered)Friedman.Laura Air Quality and Emissions, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 648 2022 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (Dead) Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 648 2021 – Assembly Bill 648 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Healthy Forest and Fire Prevention: Appropriation (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 792 2021 - Assembly Bill 792 (Flora, Heath), Forestry: Prescribed Burning Agreements (Dead)Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 968 2022 - Assembly Bill 968 (Frazier, Jim), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Wildfire Resilience: Community Certification (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 968 2021 - Assembly Bill 968 (Frazier, Jim), Wildfire Resilience: Community Certification (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 969 2022 - Assembly Bill 969 (Frazier, Jim), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Natural Resources Agency: Wildfire Technology Support: Community Organizations (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 969 2021 - Assembly Bill 969 (Frazier, Jim), Natural Resources Agency: Wildfire Technology Support: Community Organizations (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2021-2022 AB 981 2021 - Assembly Bill 981 (Frazier, Jim), Forestry: California Fire Safe Council (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1431 2021 - Assembly Bill 1431 (Frazier, Jim), Forestry: Forest Carbon and Resilience Goals (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1500 2022 - Assembly Bill 1500 (Garcia, Eduardo), Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022 (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
2021-2022 AB 1559 2021 - Assembly Bill 1559 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 (2-Year)O'Donnell.Patrick Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1567 2023 – Assembly Bill 1567 (Garcia, Eduardo), Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Clean Energy, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2024 (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Energy 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1644 2022 – Assembly Bill 1644 (Flora, Heath), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: California Jobs Plan Act of 2021 (Chaptered) Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Chaptered

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