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 2011 2022 - AB 2011 (Wicks, Buffy), Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 (Chaptered)Wicks.Buffy CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 AB 2731 2020 - Assembly Bill 2731 (Gloria, Todd), California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: Old Town Center Redevelopment (Chaptered)Todd.Gloria Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, CEQA Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 2965 2022 - AB 2965 (Committee on Natural Resources) California Environmental Quality Act: Administrative and Judicial Procedures (Chaptered)Assembly Natural Resources Committee CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 7 2021 – Senate Bill 7 (Atkins, Toni), Environmental Quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021 (Chaptered)Atkins.Toni CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 44 2021 - Senate Bill 44 (Allen, Ben), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Judicial Review: Environmental Leadership Transit Projects (Chaptered)Allen.Ben CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 288 2020 - Senate Bill 288 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions for Transit and Alternative Transportation Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Alternative Mobility Chaptered
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
2021-2022 SB 922 2022 - SB 922 (Wiener, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transportation-Related Projects (Chaptered)Wiener.Scott CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Chaptered

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