Electric Vehicle Legislation Tracker – 2020

PlugInSites is tracking the progress of electric vehicle legislation in Maryland and Virginia as well as select bills from other states. Check this page often or subscribe below for updates.

Bill Tracker - 2020

State	Summary	Bill	Status	Updated	Details
Texas	EV Fee	HB427	🔄 Active	11/13/2020	Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles.
New Jersey	EV Charging Permits	S938	🔄 Active	12/10/2020	Exempts from local approvals installation of electric vehicle charging station at gasoline service station that meets certain requirements.
New Jersey	EV Charging Permits	A2108	🔄 Active	12/11/2020	Provides that electric vehicle charging stations are permitted accessory uses and structures and requires ordinance concerning electric vehicle charging stations.
New Jersey	EV Charging Rates	A2360	🔄 Active	12/11/2020	Requires electric public utility to charge residential rate for service used for electric vehicle charging by residential unit owners in planned real estate developments.
New Jersey	EV Charging Permits	S3223	🔄 Active	12/11/2020	Provides that electric vehicle charging infrastructure is inherently beneficial, may require minor site plan approval, and is permitted accessory use and structure.
New Jersey	EV Incentive Motorcycles	A4899	🔄 Active	10/29/2020	Extends existing plug-in electric vehicle incentives to plug-in electric motorcycles.
New York	ZEV by 2035	S9008	🔄 Active	10/08/2020	Will require all in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks be zero emission by 2035.
DC	EV Charging	N0089434	🔄 Active	10/29/2020	Proposed Rulemaking - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Maryland*	Baltimore BGE MOU	20-0573	✅ Passed	12/10/2020	For the purpose of granting a franchise to the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company to install, operate, and maintain electric vehicle charging stations on City right-of-way and Park Properties, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations.
DC	EV-Ready	B23-0193	✅ Passed	12/01/2020	Requires that 20% of parking spaces constructed in newly constructed or substantially renovated commercial or multi unit buildings include electrical vehicle infrastructure.
New York	Anti-ICEing	S6836	✅ Enacted	10/07/2020	Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces
New Jersey	Right-to-Charge	A3367	✅Enacted	10/19/2020	Electric vehicle charging stations-require community associations allow installation.
New Jersey	EV-Ready	S349	✅ Enacted	09/14/2020	Requires developers to offer electric vehicle charging stations as option in certain new home construction.
Maryland	ZEEVIC	HB0232	✅ Enacted	05/07/2020	Altering the deadlines for the interim and final reporting requirements for the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; altering the membership of the Council; and extending until June 30, 2026, the termination date for the Council.
Maryland*	Hagerstown EV Charging	8-25-20	✅ Enacted	08/25/2020	Approval of a Resolution: Electric Vehicle Charging Services Agreement with Electric Vehicle Institute, Inc.
Maryland*	Annapolis Anti-ICEing	O-14-20	✅ Enacted	07/13/2020	Parking Spaces Reserved for Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicles.
Maryland*	Baltimore Gas Stations	20-0561	❌ Dead	12/07/2020	Prohibiting the construction, creation, or establishment of any new gas station in any Zoning District.
Penn.	EV Fee	SB845	❌ Dead	11/24/2020	Imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles. $175 per year for electric cars, $75 for hybrids, $15 for electric motorcycles.
Penn.	EV Charging	SB596	❌ Dead	11/24/2020	An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility industry, providing for transportation fueling infrastructure development.
Maryland*	Greenbelt Free Charging	Item 13	❌ Failed	10/26/2020	Motion to make the Roosevelt Center charging station free going forward.
Maryland	Electric Bus	HB0432	❌ Dead	03/16/2020	Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Maryland Transit Administration from purchasing buses for the Administration's transit bus fleet that are not electric buses; requiring the Administration, on or before January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act.
Maryland	Bus ZEV Insp.	HB1481	❌ Dead	03/17/2020	Altering the length of time a zero-emission electric school vehicle may be operated from 12 years to 15 years, unless it fails to meet the applicable school bus and motor vehicle safety standards.
Maryland	Com. ZEV Insp.	HB1505	❌ Dead	03/17/2020	Altering the mileage at which the owner of a Class F (tractor) vehicle that has been in operation for not more than 5 years is required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 35,000 miles; and altering the mileage at which the owner of certain Class E vehicles that have been in operation for not more than 5 years are required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 50,000 miles, if the vehicles are zero-emission electric vehicles or fuel cell electric vehicles.
Maryland	EV-Ready	HB1316	❌ Dead	03/17/2020	Requiring the construction of new housing units to include on or in a certain garage, carport, or driveway a certain electric vehicle charging station or a dedicated electric line with certain voltage under certain circumstances; requiring the construction of certain housing units that include certain off-street communal parking to ensure that at least one communal parking space for each 25 residential units has a certain electric vehicle charging station; requiring certain communal parking spaces to be marked; etc.
Maryland	Right-to-Charge	HB0111	❌ Dead	03/06/2020	Providing that certain provisions of a recorded covenant or restriction, a declaration, or the bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association are void and unenforceable if they prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of electric vehicle recharging equipment; requiring certain owners of electric vehicle recharging equipment to be responsible for certain costs and disclosures; requiring a unit owner or lot owner to obtain certain permits or approval; etc.
Maryland	Right-to-Charge	SB0734	❌ Dead	02/25/2020	Providing that certain provisions of a recorded covenant or restriction, a declaration, or the bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association are void and unenforceable if they prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of electric vehicle recharging equipment; requiring certain owners of electric vehicle recharging equipment to be responsible for certain costs and disclosures; requiring a unit owner or lot owner to obtain certain permits or approval; etc.
Maryland	EV Rebate 2	HB1223	❌ Dead	02/28/2020	Extending and altering, for certain fiscal years, the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; increasing, for certain fiscal years, the total amount of rebates that the Maryland Energy Administration may issue; altering from a plug-in electric drive to a certain zero-emission electric vehicle, the type of vehicle that is eligible for the electric vehicle excise tax credit; increasing the total amount of certain credits for certain fiscal years; etc.
Maryland	EV Rebate 1	SB0277	❌ Dead	02/11/2020	Extending and altering, for certain fiscal years, the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; repealing the limitation on the maximum total purchase price of certain vehicles; requiring the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to issue certain reports on or before certain dates; altering the amount required to be transferred each year from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Maryland	EV Rebate 1	HB0359	❌ Dead	01/21/2020	Extending and altering, for certain fiscal years, the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; repealing the limitation on the maximum total purchase price of certain vehicles; requiring the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council to issue certain reports on or before certain dates; altering the amount required to be transferred each year from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Maryland	Electric Bus	SB0423	❌ Dead	02/19/2020	Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Maryland Transit Administration from purchasing buses for the Administration's transit bus fleet that are not electric buses; requiring the Administration, on or before January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Act; requiring the report to include a plan for transitioning any adversely affected State employees to other employment; etc.
Maryland	School Bus ZEV	HB1451	❌ Dead	03/05/2020	Requiring, beginning on October 1, 2023, that each school bus purchased by a county board of education be a zero-emission vehicle; requiring, beginning on October 1, 2026, that each school bus purchased by a certain person for use under a certain contract with a county board be a zero-emission vehicle; etc.
Maryland	Fleet ZEV	HB1233	❌ Dead	03/06/2020	Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2022, a State unit from entering into a contract to purchase or lease a vehicle for the State vehicle fleet that is not a zero-emission electric vehicle.
Maryland	Anti-ICEing	SB0474	❌ Dead	03/11/2020	Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have certain pavement markings; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for certain purposes; establishing a civil penalty of $50 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Maryland	Anti-ICEing	HB1587	❌ Dead	02/13/2020	Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for purposes of complying with certain zoning or parking laws; etc.
Maryland	EV Fee	HB1626	❌ Dead	03/06/2020	Doubling the annual registration fees for motor vehicles of any class that are zero-emission vehicles.
Virginia	EV Charging	HB0511	✅ Enacted	03/27/2020	Authorizes any agency of state government to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls. The bill exempts state agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently state-operated charging stations may be operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of General Services, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation, and public institutions of higher education.
Virginia	Right-to-Charge	SB0630	✅ Enacted	04/09/2020	Prohibits certain common interest community associations from prohibiting the installation of an electric vehicle charging station within the boundaries of a member's designated parking space, or, in the case of a property owners association, the boundaries of a lot owner's property, and sets forth provisions governing the installation and removal of such charging stations.
Virginia	EV Rebate	HB0717	✅ Enacted	04/09/2020	Establishes a rebate program for the purchase of certain zero-emissions vehicles. Individuals who purchase certain new or used vehicles would be eligible for a rebate of up to $4,500. The program would expire on July 1, 2027.
Virginia	Hwy Use Fee	HB1414	✅ Enacted	04/22/2020	Registration fees for motor vehicles will be lowered. The Department of Motor Vehicles will implement a Highway Use Fee for alternative fuel and fuel efficient vehicles. Alternatively, a person whose vehicles would be subject to this new fee may elect to instead enroll in a mileage-based user fee program to be developed by the Department.
Virginia	School Bus Pilot	HB0075	❌ Dead	03/03/2020	Authorizes Dominion Energy to implement a pilot program under which it will deploy electric school buses in participating school divisions in its service territory. Program costs, including the incremental cost of the electric school buses, are recoverable through the utility's base rates.
Virginia	School Bus Projects	SB0988	❌ Dead	03/05/2020	Authorizes Dominion Energy Virginia to implement projects designed to encourage the proliferation of school buses that are fueled in whole or in part by electricity, along with associated charging and other infrastructure.
Virginia	Anti-ICEing	SB0911	❌ Dead	02/17/2020	Prohibits a person from parking a vehicle not capable of receiving an electric charge in a space reserved for charging electric vehicles. A violation is subject to a civil penalty of $500, and the vehicle may be towed or impounded.
Virginia	School Bus Grant	HB1140	❌ Dead	02/11/2020	Establishes the Clean School Bus Grant Fund and requires the Department of Education to establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program for the purpose of (i) awarding grants from the Fund on a competitive basis to school boards for (a) the complete replacement of existing diesel school buses with electric school buses no later than 2030
Washington	ZEV Program	SB5811	✅ Enacted	03/25/2020	Reducing emissions by making changes to the clean car standards and clean car program.
New Hamp.	Anti-ICEing	HB1620	❌ Dead	10/07/2020	Relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
Ohio	EV Tax Incentives	SB257	🔄 Active	02/12/2020	To authorize tax incentives for the purchase of plug-in electric motor vehicles and charging stations.
Ohio	Cut EV Fee	HB546	🔄 Active	05/05/2020	To amend sections 4501.01 and 4503.10 of the Revised Code to alter the definitions of "plug-in electric motor vehicle" and "hybrid motor vehicle" under the motor vehicle law and to halve the additional registration fees for those two types of motor vehicles.
Colorado	EV Direct Sales	SB20-167	✅ Enacted	03/23/2020	The bill allows a manufacturer that manufactures electric vehicles to own, operate, or control a motor vehicle dealer. An electric motor vehicle is defined as a motor vehicle that can operate entirely on electrical power.
Utah	Charging Network	HB0259	✅ Enacted	03/24/2020	This bill requires the Department of Transportation to lead in the creation of a statewide electric vehicle charging network plan.
Conn.	Right-to-Charge	HB5226	🔄 Active	02/21/2020	To (1) make void and unenforceable any covenant, restriction or condition in any deed, contract, security instrument or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of property which prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station, (2) establish conditions to which a unit owner must agree in order to obtain approval for installation of an electric vehicle charging station, and (3) permit tenants to request installation of electric vehicle charging stations, subject to compliance with a landlord's requirements.
Illinois	EV-Ready Right-to-Charge	HB4284	🔄 Active	02/19/2020	Creates the Electric Vehicle Charging Act. Provides that a new or renovated residential building is required to have a certain percentage, based on the number of units in the residential building, of its total parking spaces either electric vehicle ready or electric vehicle capable. Provides that a new or renovated nonresidential building is required to have 30% of its total parking spaces electric vehicle ready.
Indiana	Repeal EV Fee	HB1227	🔄 Active	01/07/2020	Supplemental fee on electric and hybrid vehicles. Repeals the supplemental fee to register an electric or hybrid vehicle. Makes conforming changes.
Mississippi	Repeal EV Fee	HB0536	🔄 Active	02/05/2020	Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Mississippi	EV Plate	SB2337	❌ Dead	03/03/2020	Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for EV Mississippi organization for hybrid and electric vehicles.
New York	Cut EV Fee	S0241	🔄 Active	01/28/2020	Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from first year of registration fees
New York	EV-Ready	S7055	🔄 Active	01/28/2020	Requires the construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations.
New York	EV-Ready	A09879	🔄 Active	02/20/2020	Requires electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces.
New York	Cut Sales Tax	S3827A	🔄 Active	02/15/2020	Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 of a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes
New Jersey	EV Programs	S2252	✅ Enacted	01/17/2020	Establishes goals, initiatives, and programs to encourage and support use of plug-in electric vehicles.
Washington	Per Mile EV Fee	SB6586	🔄 Active	02/11/2020	AN ACT Relating to implementing a per mile charge on electric and hybrid vehicles. Three and one-half cents per mile for an electric or hybrid vehicle that uses at least one method of propulsion that is capable of being reenergized by an external source of electricity
Kentucky	EV Fee	HB580	❌ Dead	04/15/2020	To establish a base highway user fee for nonhybrid electric vehicles of $200; require the fee to be adjusted with any increase or decrease in the gasoline tax.

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EV-related legislation include electric vehicle tax credits, incentives for charging equipment, anti-ICEing laws and bills to permit the installation of charging equipment at multi-unit housing. Learning about these proposed laws is difficult so PlugInSites has been identifying, sharing and updating the progress of Maryland EV legislation since 2015. This year, we are tracking all EV bills in Maryland and Virginia. We will follow a few select bills from other states as well. We will post daily updates as new legislation is introduced and moves through the law-making process.

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