HB 3119 Hearing: Stops diesel truck ban

House Bill 3119 (Hb 3119) would help stop the truck mandate on diesel/electric trucks
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

BILL ALERT: House Bill 3119 (Hb 3119) is a much needed bill to fix a bad idea on the diesel truck sales ban.

House Bill 3119 is sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans and is scheduled a for a hearing this Thursday in the House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment. You can submit online testimony here:

Oregon joined California in creating super-strict mandates for the state to force vehicle dealerships to sell less diesel trucks and force them to sell other approved vehicles like electric vehicles.   By 2035 all Oregon diesel trucks would be banned from dealerships. House Bill 3119 (HB 3119) summary reads, Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from implementing or enforcing the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027.

The Wall Street Journal reports on the nationwide problem with electric trucks “Battery-electric trucks cost about three times as much to purchase as a diesel rig….Truckers say battery-electric truck operations are too difficult to set up and too expensive and inefficient to run. It can take years to install on-site charging facilities for trucks that can travel less than half as far as diesel rigs between refueling and that require at least several hours to recharge”

The WSJ report also mentions; “The company found that light-duty, battery-electric vans raise annual operating costs by several percentage points. As trucks get heavier the cost difference becomes more pronounced, according to Ryder’s analysis, with annual costs of operating battery-electric big rigs about twice as expensive as diesel trucks…The Ryder analysis found that converting a typical mixed fleet of 25 commercial vehicles, including about 10 heavy-duty trucks, from diesel to battery power in California would raise a fleet’s annual operating costs 56%, or $3.4 million a year. The same transition in Georgia would raise annual operating costs 67%, or $3.7 million.”

Can you imagine slamming Oregon companies with a 56% increase in costs?

HB 3119 detail summary reads “In 2021, California created an Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) emissions standards regulation, which required medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers to sell, starting with 2025 vehicle model year, zero-emission vehicles as a certain percentage of total sales. The state has a unique ability to create stricter emissions standards than those required by the Clean Air Act. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) adopted its own ACT regulations in 2021. Besides Oregon, ten other states have also adopted California’s ACT regulations. Amendments to California’s ACT regulations and temporary rules related to Oregon’s were made in late 2024. Oregon’s temporary rules, which took effect on January 1, 2025, provide an extended timeline for manufacture compliance with the ACT regulations and delayed the start of a Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus Rule until 2026. DEQ is granted authority to adopt motor vehicle emission standards in Oregon Revised Statute 468A.360.”

Hb 3119 is sponsored by Representatives SHELLY BOSHART DAVIS (R), ED DIEHL (R); Representatives KEN HELM (D), BOBBY LEVY (R), EMERSON LEVY (D), JOHN LIVELY (D).

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