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 437 2023 – Assembly Bill 437 (Jackson, Corey), State government: equity (2-Year)Jackson.Corey Environmental Justice 2-year
2023-2024 AB 761 2023 – Assembly Bill 761 (Friedman, Laura), Local finance: enhanced infrastructure financing districts (Dead) Friedman.Laura Public Transit Dead
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
2021-2022 AB 823 2022 - Assembly Bill 823 (Gray, Adam), High-Speed Rail Authority: Trains Powered by Fossil Fuel Combustion Engines (Dead)Gray.Adam Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit 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
2021-2022 AB 923 2022 – Assembly Bill 923 (Ramos, James), Government-to-Government Consultation Act: State-Tribal Consultation: Training (Chaptered)Ramos.James Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 943 2022 - Assembly Bill 943 (Garcia, Eduardo), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Competitive Grant Programs (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Environmental Justice Dead
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 1001 2022 - Assembly Bill 1001 (García, Cristina), Environment: Mitigation Measures for Air Quality Impacts: Environmental Justice (Dead)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice, CEQA Dead
2021-2022 AB 1069 2022 - Assembly Bill 1069 (Lackey, Tom), Zero-Emission Passenger Vehicles: Underrepresented Communities (Dead)Lackey.Tom Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Environmental Justice Dead
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 1087 2022 - Assembly Bill 1087 (Chiu, David), Environmental Justice Community Resilience Hubs Program (Dead)Chiu.David Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 AB 1139 2021 - Assembly Bill 1139 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Net Energy Metering (2-Year)Gonzalez.Lorena Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice 2-year
2021-2022 AB 1139 2022 - Assembly Bill 1139 (Gonzalez, Lorena), Net Energy Metering (Dead)Gonzalez.Lorena Energy, Incentives, Environmental Justice Dead
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 1235 2022 - Assembly Bill 1235 (Patterson, Jim), High-Speed Rail: Legislative Oversight (Dead)Patterson.Jim Climate Change, Alternative Mobility, Public Transit Dead
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 1296 2022 – Assembly Bill 1296 (Kamlager, Sydney), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Environmental Justice Board Membership (Dead)Kamlager.Sydney Local Air Districts, Environmental Justice Dead
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 1453 2021 – Assembly Bill 1453 (Muratsuchi, Al), Environmental justice: Just Transition Advisory Commission: Just Transition Plan (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Environmental Justice Dead
2023-2024 AB 1525 2023 – Assembly Bill 1525 (Bonta, Mia), Transportation projects: priority populations (Dead)Bonta.Mia Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2023-2024 AB 1711 2023 – Assembly Bill 1711 (Carrillo, Juan), Energy: Hydrogen: Clean Energy Equity Act (Dead)Carrillo.Juan Energy, Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
2021-2022 AB 1749 2022 - Assembly Bill 1749 (García, Cristina), Community Emissions Reduction Programs: Toxic Air Contaminants and Criteria Air Pollutants (Chaptered)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 1778 2022 - Assembly Bill 1778 (García, Cristina), State Transportation Funding: Freeway Projects: Poverty and Pollution: Department of Transportation (Dead)Garcia.Cristina Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 AB 2141 2022 - Assembly Bill 2141 (Garcia, Eduardo), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Community Project Funding (Dead)Garcia.Eduardo Climate Change, Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 AB 2204 2022 - AB 2204 (Boerner Horvath, Tasha) Clean Energy: Labor and Workforce Development Agency: Deputy Secretary for Climate (Chaptered)Boerner Horvath.Tasha Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2021-2022 AB 2419 2022 - AB 2419 (Bryan, Isaac), Environmental Justice: Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Justice40 Advisory Committee (Dead)bryan.isaac Environmental Justice Dead
2021-2022 AB 2550 2022 – Assembly Bill 2550 (Arambula, Joaquin), San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District: Nonattainment (Vetoed)Arambula.Joaquin Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Environmental Justice Vetoed
2021-2022 AB 2703 2022 - Assembly Bill 2703 (Muratsuchi, Al), Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Reliability Standards: Low-Income and Disadvantaged Community Financial Assistance (Dead)Muratsuchi.Al Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives, Environmental Justice Dead
2019-2020 AB 2737 2020 - Assembly Bill 2737 (García, Cristina), Community Emissions Reduction Programs (Dead)Garcia.Cristina Air Quality and Emissions, Environmental Justice Dead

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