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House approves expansion of CPACE to include electric vehicle charging; opt‑out amendment fails by one vote
Summary
The House agreed to House Bill 789 to expand the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program to include electric vehicle charging infrastructure. An amendment allowing property owners to opt out of assessments failed by one vote (101–102); the bill was agreed to on the floor.
House Bill 789, described on the floor as expanding the C-PACE program to add electric vehicle charging infrastructure as an eligible project type, was called up and debated on the House floor. Representative Struzzi discussed an amendment he offered (which he withdrew) related to legislative approval of interstate compacts and said broader discussions about energy policy were warranted. Representative Marla Brown offered amendment A00408 to allow businesses and property owners to opt out of assessments for EV charging infrastructure projects under C-PACE; she argued the amendment protected local business owners from being assessed for infrastructure they did not want.
Representative Sarisi, the bill’s prime sponsor, opposed the opt-out amendment and urged members to vote no. The clerk recorded the vote on amendment A00408 as 101 ayes and 102 nays; the amendment failed by one vote. The House then agreed to HB 789 on the floor; the chair instructed that the bill will be reprinted (a later correction in the transcript noted the bill was agreed to as printed). The bill’s floor debate included discussion of energy policy implications and local control concerns raised by the opt-out amendment.
No explicit fiscal notes or implementation schedules were given on the floor during the recorded exchange.
