Bill Text: CA SB425 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 425

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Bill Title: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project: fuel cell electric pickup trucks: battery electric pickup trucks.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB425 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB425-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly June 13, 2023

Amended IN Senate May 02, 2023

Amended IN Senate March 16, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 425

Introduced by Senator Newman

February 13, 2023

An act to add Section 44274.8 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 425, as amended, Newman. Clean Vehicle Rebate Project: fuel cell electric pickup trucks.

Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that is administered by the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to its existing statutory authority, the state board has established the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to promote the production and use of zero-emission vehicles by providing rebates for the purchase of new zero-emission vehicles.

The bill would require the state board, as a part of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, to provide rebates for zero-emission electric pickup trucks, as defined, ~~such~~ so that fuel cell electric pickup trucks and battery electric pickup trucks receive rebates that are $2,500 more than the rebates provided for other fuel cell electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles, respectively.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 44274.8 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

44274.8.

(a) Under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project established as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board shall provide rebates for zero-emission pickup trucks as follows:

(1) Fuel cell electric pickup trucks shall receive rebates that are two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) more than the rebates provided for other fuel cell electric vehicles.

(2) Battery electric pickup trucks shall receive rebates that are two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) more than the rebates provided for other battery electric vehicles.

(b) For purposes of this section, “pickup truck” means a motor truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 26,000 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 15,001 pounds, and that is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding nine feet in length. “Pickup truck” does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a “utility body.” has the same meaning as defined in Section 471 of the Vehicle Code.