Bill Text: IL SB2839 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Sets forth the General Assembly's intentions. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California and the advanced clean cars II program. Permits the rules to incorporate by reference the California motor vehicle standards established in the final regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations and adopted under the authority of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-29 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura [SB2839 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2839-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2839 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/13C-21 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Sets forth the General Assembly's intentions. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California and the advanced clean cars II program. Permits the rules to incorporate by reference the California motor vehicle standards established in the final regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations and adopted under the authority of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 13C-21 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/13C-21 new)
Sec. 13C-21. Vehicle emission testing standards.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish
sales targets in this State that would allow manufacturers of
vehicles to increase the supply of zero-emission vehicles.
Establishing targets for the sale of zero-emission vehicles is
needed to meet State goals, address greenhouse gas and
criteria pollutant emissions, and provide market certainty to
help prepare the grid and alternative fueling infrastructure
for the zero-emission vehicle transition.
(b) By no later than December 1, 2024, the Environmental
Protection Agency shall adopt rules to implement the following
motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California,
the advanced clean cars II program, including the (i)
zero-emission vehicle program, (ii) low-emission vehicle
program, (iii) advanced clean trucks program, and (iv)
heavy-duty low NOx omnibus program, and shall amend the rules
within 6 months of any changes that arise to maintain

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consistency with the California motor vehicle emission
standards and Section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act. The
rules may incorporate by reference the California motor
vehicle standards established in the final regulations issued
by the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Title 13 of
the California Code of Regulations and adopted under the
authority of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety
Code.