(1) Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. The Charge Ahead California Initiative, administered by the state board, includes goals of, among other things, placing in service at least 1,000,000 zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles by January 1, 2023, and increasing access for disadvantaged, low-income, and moderate-income communities and consumers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles.
California SB 498 (20172018) — Vehicle fleets: zero-emission vehicles.
(1) Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. The Charge Ahead California Initiative, administered by the state board, includes goals of, among other things, placing in service at least 1,000,000 zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles by January 1, 2023, and increasing access for disadvantaged, low-income, and moderate-income communities and consumers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB498 Skinner Concurrence — 27–13 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
SB 498 Skinner Senate Third Reading By CALDERON — 54–24 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2017-03-02 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and EQ. referral-committee
2017-03-14 Set for hearing March 28.
2017-03-20 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-03-21 Set for hearing April 4.
2017-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 627.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2017-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 784.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2017-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1185.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 1329.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
2017-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-19 July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2927.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 628, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/892f061c-2335-4eb5-945d-a9e90e44372c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).