Bill Text: CA SB1251 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office: Zero-Emission Vehicle Equity Advocate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 372, Statutes of 2022. [SB1251 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1251-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1251

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Introduced by Senator Gonzalez
(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)

February 17, 2022

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An act to add Section 43022.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1251, as introduced, Gonzalez. Electric Vehicle Equity Ombudsperson.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. Existing law establishes various programs to promote the development and adoption of zero-emission vehicles and alternative fuels.

This bill would create the Electric Vehicle Equity Ombudsperson in state government and would require the ombudsperson to coordinate activities among state agencies to advance light-, medium-, and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and zero-emission infrastructure deployment and to ensure related equity, workforce development, economic development, and other needs are addressed to grow and support the sector statewide in order to achieve specified goals relating to zero-emission vehicles.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 43022.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

43022.7.

 There is hereby created in state government the Electric Vehicle Equity Ombudsperson who shall coordinate activities among state agencies to advance light-, medium-, and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and zero-emission infrastructure deployment to ensure related equity, workforce development, economic development, and other needs are addressed to grow and support the sector statewide in order to achieve the goals of Executive Order No. N-79-20.