California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have required CARB to provide incentives for drayage trucks through existing programs, or to develop and implement the Zero-Emission Drayage Truck Financial Assistance Program, to assist entities serving the ports of the State to meet the above-stated goal by providing financial assistance to offset the cost for the purchase of zero-emission drayage trucks. Was not heard in Senate Transportation Committee.

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Summary

Would have made the possession of a detached catalytic converter a crime, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. The bill would have made this crime inapplicable to a person who demonstrates authorization to possess the detached catalytic converter by providing a certificate of title or registration showing the person’s interest in the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was detached, written authorization from the person holding the certificate of title or registration, or evidence that the catalytic converter was acquired in a lawful transaction. Failed passage in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

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Summary

Would have added commercial harbor craft as an eligible technology for funding under the California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program, which governs the CARB’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund investments in the heavy-duty space. Was not heard in Senate Transportation Committee.

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Summary

Would have required CARB to establish the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project to provide an applicant with a rebate for the aftermarket conversion of a motor vehicle into a zero-emission vehicle. This bill would have redirected $2 million annually from the Clean Vehicle rebate Project to fund this program. This bill would have also required CARB to ensure that only conversions with at least 100 miles in range are eligible for the incentive. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Summary

Would have specified that micromobility devices are eligible projects for funding under the Air Quality Improvement Program. Additionally, this bill would have required CARB to establish, no later than July 1, 2023, the Micromobility Device Incentives Project to provide vouchers to individuals for the purchase of micromobility devices. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Summary

Revises the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, also known as the Clean Transportation Program, to expand the purpose of the program to help reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxics, as well as, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, when developing and deploying innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types.

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Summary

Would have codified the light-duty portion of the Governor’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Executive Order, which sets a target of 100 percent new car sales be zero-emission by 2035. The bill also would have required CARB, to the extent consistent with State and federal law, to develop and adopt passenger vehicle and light-duty truck regulations requiring increasing volumes of new zero-emission vehicles sold in the State towards the target of 100 percent of in-State sales by 2035. Died on the Assembly Floor.

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Summary

Would have required CARB, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to develop project grant criteria and guidelines for a new On-Road Heavy-Duty Vehicle Incentive Program (VIP2), within the Carl Moyer program. The VIP2 program created by the bill would have required the program to provide additional incentives for projects that were deployed in disadvantaged communities. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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Summary

Would have required CARB to establish the Electric Bicycle Incentives Project to provide vouchers to income-eligible individuals for the purchase of electric bicycles.

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Governor’s Veto Message

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 117 without my signature.

This bill codifies the Electric Bicycle Incentive Project (Project) to provide incentives to income-eligible individuals for the purchase of electric bicycles at participating retailers.

I support the author's intent and goals of this program, which is why the 2021 -22 Budget Act included $10 million in one-time funding for this Project. However, there is no ongoing source of funding for this Project.

With our state facing lower-than-expected revenues over the first few months of this fiscal year, it is important to remain disciplined when it comes to spending, particularly spending that is ongoing. We must prioritize existing obligations and priorities, including education, health care, public safety, and safety-net programs.

The Legislature sent measures with potential costs of well over $20 billion in onetime spending commitments and more than $10 billion in ongoing commitments not accounted for in the state budget. Bills with significant fiscal impact, such as this measure, should be considered and accounted for as part of the annual budget process.

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.

Sincerely,

Gavin Newsom

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Summary

Would have extended until 2026, the 20 percent set-aside requirement for early commercial existing zero and near-zero-emission truck technology within CARB’s California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program, and would have created a set-aside for near-zero heavy-duty trucks within the 20 percent. The bill also would have redefined "near-zero-emission" to mean a vehicle with a no less than 14,001 pounds gross vehicle weight rating that is certified to a 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) low oxides of nitrogen emissions standard through December 31, 2026, and certified to a 0.01 g/bhp-hr low oxides of nitrogen emissions standard on and after January 1, 2027. Failed to make it off of the Assembly Desk.

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