(The Center Square) – California vehicle emissions standards may be coming to Illinois. An Illinois state legislator has introduced a measure that would limit the types of trucks the trucking industry could use.
State Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., D-Chicago, has introduced House Bill 1634, seeking to have Illinois adopt the vehicle emissions standards of California. The bill has nearly 3,800 opponents and about 540 proponents.
Illinois Trucking Association Executive Director Matt Hart said the Illinois trucking industry delivers 95% of the manufactured freight in the state.
The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and the California Trucking Association have filed lawsuits against similar legislation. Hart said they expect to sue in Illinois if Gonzalez’s bill becomes law.
“You cannot have a state submit itself and its laws and policies to another state agency that is over 2,000 miles away,” Hart said.
According to the bill, each time
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