DelawareDelaware would bar some rules limiting fuel-powered vehicle sales
Delaware's environmental secretary could not make rules tied to regulatory initiatives that limit sales of vehicles allowed under the state's 2014 clean car rules.
What it does
Delaware's environmental secretary could not make rules tied to regulatory initiatives that limit sales of vehicles allowed under 2014 clean car rules. The synopsis says this would reach back to March 1, 2023, but the legal text gives no date.
Argument forBuyers could keep more fuel-powered vehicle choices because the agency could not use these rules to limit their sale.
Argument againstLimiting sales rules could give Delaware fewer ways to cut vehicle pollution while fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs remain available.
More detail
Delaware's environmental secretary would be barred from making certain vehicle sales rules. It covers vehicles allowed under Delaware's Advanced Clean Car I rules adopted in 2014. The restriction concerns rules tied to regulatory initiatives that limit sales. The synopsis says current vehicle emissions standards would stay in place. The synopsis says the sales rule restriction would apply back to March 1, 2023, but the legal text does not set that date.
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History
- 2025
- May 13Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in SenateIntroduced
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