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Committee reviews possible amendment to bar adoption of California advanced clean cars/trucks standards
Summary
Committee members discussed a potential amendment to transportation legislation that would repeal the state's ability to adopt California's Advanced Clean Cars and Advanced Clean Trucks standards and said that, if rejected, the state would follow federal standards; a straw poll was taken on placement as a transportation amendment.
Members of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee discussed a possible amendment that would prevent Vermont from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars and Advanced Clean Trucks standards as implemented in the state.
A member summarized the amendment as a narrow repeal that "doesn't change the authority to adopt rules; it just repeals that advanced clean cars two and advanced clean trucks," and committee counsel said the amendment would remove the state adoption of those specific California requirements while allowing the state to follow federal standards instead. Counsel told members there is "no space for creativity" in picking an alternative numerical target without a full public process; if the state does not follow California's 35% target, it would default to federal requirements.
Members discussed whether the 35% target is achievable and observed that the administration had described pathways (credit banking and other mechanisms) that could make such targets attainable. Committee members signaled they would attach the potential amendment to the transportation bill as an offered amendment; a hand-raise straw poll on the transportation item was taken and recorded to be reported when the amendment is offered on the floor. No final vote on the amendment was taken at this meeting.
