Requires evaluation of the need to adopt California's medium and heavy duty vehicle emissions standards.

Requires the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection commissioner, by December 31, 2021, to assess the energy, environmental, and air quality impacts of adopting California’s medium- and heavy-duty vehicle standards in Connecticut.

If the commissioner determines that adopting the California
standards is necessary to meet federal air quality standards or state greenhouse gas reduction requirements, she may adopt regulations to implement the standards here. If she adopts these regulations, she must amend them whenever the California standards change. The regulations may incorporate by reference the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) adopted regulations.

Dead.

02/24/2021 Introduced. Referred to Joint Committee on Environment.
03/12/2021 Favorable from Joint Committee on Environment.
03/15/2021 Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office.
03/24/2021 Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis.
03/30/2021 Favorably reported out of Legislative Commissioners' Office. Tabled for the calendar in the Senate.
06/09/2021 Died upon adjournment.