HB 2961

Specifies, for newly constructed buildings within a metropolitan jurisdiction, the percentage of electrical service capacity for charging electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging stations that must be installed at vehicle parking spaces in the garages or parking areas of commercial buildings, multifamily buildings with 10 or more units and mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and 10 or more residential dwelling units.

Bill Text

• A-Engrossed
• House Amendments to Introduced
• Introduced

Requires newly constructed commercial, multifamily, and mixed-use buildings in metropolitan jurisdictions to install electric vehicle charging capacity at specified percentages of parking spaces.

Original Bill Text

Sponsors#

Chief Sponsors: Mark Gamba

Co-Sponsors: Chris Gorsek, Khanh Pham

Overview#

Digest: Sets the percentage of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what is needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). [Digest: Increases the number of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what is needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).] [Increases] Specifies, for newly constructed buildings within a metropolitan jurisdiction, the percentage of electrical service capacity for charging electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging stations that must be installed at vehicle parking spaces in the garages or parking areas of [newly constructed] commercial buildings, multifamily buildings with [five] 10 or more units and mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and [five] 10 or more residential dwelling units.

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