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.

15 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
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
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 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 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 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 1523 2021 – Assembly Bill 1523 (Gallagher, James), Regulation of Greenhouse Gases (2-year)Gallagher.James Administrative Procedures, Climate Change, Local Air Districts 2-year
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
2023-2024 AB 1687 2023 – Assembly Bill 1687 (Dahle, Megan), Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Fixed-mount Generators (2-Year) Dahle.Megan Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 SB 310 2023 – Senate Bill 310 (Dodd, Bill), Prescribed Fire: Cultural Burns (2-Year) Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 SB 342 2021 – Senate Bill 342 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Environmental Justice South Coast AQMD Board Members (2-year)Gonzalez.Lorena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts 2-year
2023-2024 SB 674 2023 – Senate Bill 674 (Gonzales, Lena), Refineries: Community Air Monitoring Systems: Fence-line Monitoring Systems (2-Year) Gonzales.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts 2-year
2021-2022 SB 771 2021 - Senate Bill 771 (Becker, Josh), Zero-Emissions Vehicle Tax Exemption (2-Year)Becker.Josh Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Local Air Districts, Incentives 2-year

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