Amended  IN  Assembly  June 20, 2023
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
(Coauthor: Senator Archuleta)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner, Grayson, and Mathis)

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: battery 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, so that fuel cell electric pickup trucks and battery electric pickup trucks receive rebates that are $2,500 more than the rebates that are 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 that are 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 that are provided for other battery electric vehicles.
(b) For purposes of this section, “pickup truck” has the same meaning as defined in Section 471 of the Vehicle Code.