Legislation

• Connecticut’s HB 6444 (2021) requires at least 50% of cars and light duty trucks, and 30% of buses, purchased to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030.
• Illinois’s SR 0296/HR 0293 (2021) calls for the Governor to sign the Multi-State Medium and Heavy Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) calling for 30% of new truck and bus sales to be zero-emission by 2030 and 100% zero-emission by 2050. 
• Maine’s LD 347 (2021) directs transmission and distribution utilities to submit a proposed incentive rate schedule to promote the installation of electric vehicle charging stations by November 2021. 
• Washington’s HB 1287 (2021) requires the development of a tool to forecast infrastructure and planning needs for transportation electrification.
• Maryland’s H.B.1246 (2019) increases the state tax credit to a flat $3,000 for each new fully-electric vehicle purchased. It also doubles the total allowance for tax credits awarded from $3 million to $6 million. 
• Arkansas’s S.B.482 (2019) creates an income tax credit for the purchase of an electric or hybrid vehicle. An individual will receive $150 for the purchase of a new hybrid vehicle and $300 for a new electric vehicle. 
• Maryland’s S.B.0987 (2019) states that if a building requires a new parking lot with 20 or more spaces, at least 5% of the parking spaces must contain electric vehicle charging infrastructure.