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Federal vote strips California of its stricter electric vehicle sales mandate

Signed into lawH.J.Res. 88Latest action

Sponsor: John Joyce · Representative · PA

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Official title: Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".

119th Congress

Topics: Environment & energy

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Congress voided the EPA waiver letting California require rising EV sales, forcing the state and about a dozen others back to federal emissions rules.

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What does this do?

Using the , Congress canceled the EPA's early 2025 decision that had granted California permission to enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II program. That program would have required automakers to sell a growing share of zero-emission vehicles in California over time. With the waiver canceled, California's stricter vehicle emissions standards cannot take effect under that approval.

Who does it affect?

California and roughly a dozen states that had adopted California's rules are directly affected, as are automakers that sell vehicles in those states. Car buyers in those states, environmental groups, and consumers who follow clean air or electric vehicle policy are also touched by this change.

Why does it matter?

California and the states that followed its program must now apply the nationwide federal vehicle emissions standards instead of their own stricter requirements. Automakers selling in those states no longer need to meet California's zero-emission vehicle targets, and buyers in those states will not face the same push toward electric vehicles that California's rules would have created.

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  1. IntroducedApr 2, 2025
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate
  5. The president's desk

Right now: the president signed it. It's law.Now law

Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-16.

Data as of October 9, 2026

Recorded votes

Roll-call votes recorded since January 3, 2025.

  1. Senate · · Roll call 277

    As recorded

    Question
    On the H.J.Res. 88
    Result:
    Joint Resolution Passed
    51
    Nay
    44
    0
    5

    Republicans 50 yes, 3 not voting · Democrats 1 yes, 42 no, 2 not voting · Independents 2 no

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  2. Senate · · Roll call 276

    As recorded

    Question
    On the H.J.Res. 88
    Result:
    Motion to Proceed Agreed to
    51
    Nay
    46
    0
    3

    Republicans 51 yes, 2 not voting · Democrats 44 no, 1 not voting · Independents 2 no

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  3. House · · Roll call 114

    As recorded

    Question
    On Passage
    Result:
    Passed
    246
    Nay
    164
    0
    22

    Republicans 211 yes, 8 not voting · Democrats 35 yes, 164 no, 14 not voting

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