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 5 2021 – Assembly Bill 5 (Fong, Vince), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail Authority: K–12 Education: transfer (2-Year)Fong.Vince Climate Change, Alternative Mobility 2-year
2023-2024 AB 9 2023 – Assembly Bill 9 (Muratsuchi, Al), Greenhouse gases: market-based compliance mechanism (2-Year) Muratsuchi.Al Climate Change 2-year
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 284 2021 - Assembly Bill 284 (Rivas, Robert), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Climate Goal: Natural and Working Lands (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 297 2021 – Assembly Bill 297 (Gallagher, James), Fire Prevention (2-Year)Gallagher.James Climate Change, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention 2-year
2023-2024 AB 397 2023 – Assembly Bill 397 (Essayli, Bill), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan (2-Year) Essayli.Bill Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 621 2021 – Assembly Bill 621 (Rivas, Robert), California Environmental Quality Act: Streamlined Environmental Review: Standard of Review: Hospitals (2-Year)Rivas.Robert CEQA, Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing 2-year
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 734 2021 – Assembly Bill 734 (Garcia, Eduardo), Organic Waste Reduction Goals: Edible Food (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Waste Management, Air Quality and Emissions 2-year
2021-2022 AB 766 2021 - Assembly Bill 766 (Gabriel, Jesse), Climate change: corporate disclosures (2-Year)Gabriel.Jesse Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 823 2021 - Assembly Bill 823 (Gray, Adam), High-Speed Rail Authority: Trains Powered by Fossil Fuel Combustion Engines (2-Year)Gray.Adam Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 2-year
2023-2024 AB 858 2023 – Assembly Bill 858 (Muratsuchi, Al), California Climate Cashback Program (2-Year) Muratsuchi.Al Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 908 2021 - Assembly Bill 908 (Frazier, Jim), Natural Resources Agency: Statewide Natural Resources Inventory (2-Year)Frazier.Jim Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 943 2021 - Assembly Bill 943 (Garcia, Eduardo), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Investment Plan (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change 2-year
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 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 983 2021 - Assembly Bill 983 (Garcia, Eduardo), Community Workforce Agreements: Battery Manufacturing and Lithium-Based Technology (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1005 2021 - Assembly Bill 1005 (Muratsuchi, Al), Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Toxics and Hazardous Waste 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1030 2023 – Assembly Bill 1030 (Kalra, Ash), State Contracting: Global Deforestation (2-Year)Kalra.Ash Administrative Procedures, Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1087 2021 - Assembly Bill 1087 (Chiu, David), Environmental Justice Community Resilience Hubs Program (2-Year)Chiu.David Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1108 2021 - Assembly Bill 1108 (Cunningham, Jordan), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Transfer of Solar Tax Exemption (2-Year)Cunningham.Jordan Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1161 2021 - Assembly Bill 1161 (Garcia, Eduardo), Electricity: Eligible Renewable Energy and Zero-Carbon Resources (2-Year)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1235 2021 - Assembly Bill 1235 (Patterson, Jim), High-Speed Rail: Legislative Oversight (2-Year)Patterson.Jim Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 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 1289 2021 - Assembly Bill 1289 (Kalra, Ash), Smart Climate Agriculture Program: Plant-Based Agriculture (2-Year)Kalra.Ash Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1322 2021 - Assembly Bill 1322 (Rivas, Robert), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Scoping Plan: Sustainable Aviation Fuels (2-Year)Rivas.Robert Climate Change 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1365 2021 - Assembly Bill 1365 (Bonta, Mia), Public contracts: clean concrete (2-Year)Bonta.Mia Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1374 2023 – Assembly Bill 1374 (Alvarez, David), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: investment plan (2-Year)Alvarez.David Climate Change, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1395 2021 - Assembly Bill 1395 (Muratsuchi, Al), The California Climate Crisis Act (2-Year)Muratsuchi.Al Climate Change 2-year
2023-2024 AB 1401 2023 – Assembly Bill 1401 (Garcia, Eduardo), Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations: alternative diesel fuel regulations (2-Year) Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Fuels 2-year

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