In a victory for alternative fuels, seven of the eight bills the Coalition supported passed from their house of origin on June 1, including AB 2061, which provides a weight-limit exemption for AFVs.
Two Coalition-sponsored bills advance to Assembly Appropriations Committee; members to meet with legislators on the value of clean transportation and alternative fuels.
As California’s legislative session moves into its fourth month, policy makers are showing signs of support for the Coalition’s fuel-neutral approach to clean transportation policy.
The Coalition has finalized its proactive legislative agenda for this session, so far sponsoring two bills and opposing one, and planning events to educate legislators about clean transportation issues and technology.
When the California Legislature reconvened on Jan. 3, the Coalition was already at work on the first two clean transportation bills it is sponsoring in 2018, including the Clean Truck Deployment Act.
Just before the close of this year’s legislative session, California lawmakers passed a package of bills devoting an unprecedented $900 million to clean transportation.
