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 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 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
2023-2024 AB 1159 2023 – Assembly Bill 1159 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: natural and working lands: market-based compliance mechanisms (Chaptered)Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands Chaptered
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
2019-2020 AB 2421 2020 - Assembly Bill 2421 (Quirk, Bill), Land Use Permits and Emergency Backup Generators for Cell Towers (Chaptered)Quirk.Bill Local Air Districts Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 2721 2022 – Assembly Bill 2721 (Lee, Alex), Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board: Compensation (Chaptered)Lee.Alex Local Air Districts Chaptered
2023-2024 SB 613 2023 – Senate Bill 613 (Seyarto, Kelly), Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver (Chaptered)Seyarto.Kelly Short-lived Climate Pollutants Chaptered

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