Develop and propose regulations and strategies for zero-emissions vehicles offered for sale or lease

Date Due:: 12/31/2035
Responsible Entity:: DEC
Action:: Develop regulations requiring increasing volumes of new zero-emissions vehicles offered for sale or lease and collaborative strategies.
Summary:: Creates goal of 100% zero-emission in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks by 2035, medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045 and off-road vehicles and equipment by 2035.
Status:: PENDING: DEC has incorporated California's Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation, Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC2) standards for light-duty passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles, and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Statute:: Ch. 423 of 2021 adds Section 19-0306-b to the Environmental Conservation Law

Statutory Language:

§ 19-0306-b. Zero-emissions cars and trucks.

1. It shall be a goal of the state that one hundred percent of new
passenger cars and trucks offered for sale or lease, or sold, or leased,
for registration in the state shall be zero-emissions by two thousand
thirty-five. It shall be a further goal of the state that one hundred
percent of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles offered for sale or
lease, or sold, or leased, for registration in the state be
zero-emissions by two thousand forty-five for all operations where
feasible. It shall be further a goal of the state to transition to one
hundred percent zero-emissions from new off-road vehicles and equipment
purchased beginning in two thousand thirty-five, where feasible.

2. The department, to the extent consistent with federal law, shall
develop and propose:

a. Passenger vehicle and truck regulations requiring increasing
volumes of new zero-emissions vehicles offered for sale or lease, or
sold, or leased, for registration in the state towards the target of one
hundred percent of in-state sales by two thousand thirty-five.

b. Medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicle regulations requiring increasing
volumes of new zero-emissions trucks and buses offered for sale or
lease, or sold, or leased, for registration and operated in the state
towards the target of one hundred percent of the fleet transitioning to
zero-emissions vehicles by two thousand forty-five everywhere feasible.

c. Strategies, in coordination with other state agencies, other states
and the federal environmental protection agency, to achieve one hundred
percent zero-emissions from new off-road vehicles and equipment
operations in the state by two thousand thirty-five. In implementing the
provisions of this paragraph, the department shall act consistently with
safety, technological feasibility and cost-effectiveness.