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Requiring certain percentages of new motor vehicles sold at retail in the state to be flexible fuel vehicles, and making penalties applicable
Topics:Business & economyProfessional licensingTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 20, 2021
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Licensed car dealers will be required to sell a certain percentage of new vehicles that can run on E-85 gasoline. These requirements will gradually increase over several years until all new vehicles sold by dealers must be flexible fuel vehicles by 2030. Dealers who do not follow these rules could face fines or lose their licenses.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires that on and after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2027, at least percent of all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. On and after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2030, at least percent of all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. On and after January 1, 2030, all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. A flexible fuel vehicle is a motor vehicle that is powered by an engine capable of operating using E-85 gasoline. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,500 or by imprisonment not to exceed days, and is subject to having the person’s motor vehicle dealer license revoked or suspended.
House subcommittee
Named January 20, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
89th General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2451 Requiring certain percentages of new motor vehicles sold at retail in the state to be flex…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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