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Heavy‑duty industry urges delinking from California rules as committee hears mixed views on clean‑vehicle policy
Summary
Supporters of SB 5091 told the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee that delinking from California standards is needed to avoid cost and infrastructure shortfalls for heavy trucks; clean‑vehicle advocates said repeal would undermine the state's greenhouse‑gas goals and jobs in the clean‑tech workforce.
The Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 50 91, which would remove Washington's authority to implement California motor vehicle emission standards and require Ecology to adopt federal standards instead. Staff briefed members that under the federal Clean Air Act states may follow either federal or California standards; Washington currently follows the California‑aligned Clean Vehicles Program.
Sponsor Sen. Matt Behnke said the bill is intended to give Washington more flexibility to address local industry and energy‑capacity challenges, particularly in the medium‑ and heavy‑duty truck sector. "The trucking industry needs time to overcome some of these initial challenges," Behnke said,…
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