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 2021 – Assembly Bill 52 (Frazier, Jim), Scoping Plan Updates: Wildfires (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
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 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
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 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 380 2022 – Assembly Bill 380 (Seyarto, Kelly), Forestry: Priority Fuel Reduction Projects (Dead)Seyarto.Kelly Forestry and Wildfire Prevention Dead
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
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 530 2023 – Assembly Bill 530 (Boerner, Tasha), Vehicles: electric bicycles (2-Year)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Short-lived Climate Pollutants 2-year
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 573 2023 – Assembly Bill 573 (Garcia, Eduardo), Organic waste: meeting recovered organic waste product procurement targets (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Short-lived Climate Pollutants Dead
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 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 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
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
2023-2024 AB 780 2023 – Assembly Bill 780 (Alvarado-Gil), Department of Food and Agriculture: oversight: commercial feed, feed additives, and drugs (Chaptered)Alvarado-Gil Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 792 2021 - Assembly Bill 792 (Flora, Heath), Forestry: Prescribed Burning Agreements (Dead)Flora.Heath Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 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
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
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 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 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 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 981 2021 - Assembly Bill 981 (Frazier, Jim), Forestry: California Fire Safe Council (Dead)Frazier.Jim Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 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

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