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Earlier this month, we discussed RTD's plans to spend $539 million over the next five years to buy new diesel buses. You can read that here:
Now the Colorado Democrats are forwarding legislation to expand government authority and repeal funding restrictions on Clean Fleet Enterprise. From Colorado House Democrats:
The Transportation Legislation Review Committee today advanced legislation to update fleet vehicles to zero- or low-emission vehicles and ease the car buying and selling process by allowing digital titles to be used.
“Keeping Colorado’s air and water clean well into the future is only possible with collaboration and drive between the public and private sectors,” said Sen. Kyle Mullica, D-Thornton, sponsor of Bill 3. “This bipartisan bill will strengthen that collaboration and empower the Clean Fleet Enterprise to get cleaner, safer trucks on the streets and tangibly improve air quality for generations of Coloradans to come.”
“We’re making electric and low-emission fleet vehicles more accessible to improve Colorado’s air,” said Rep. Amy Paschal, D-Colorado Springs, sponsor of Bill 3. “Fleet vehicles help companies run their business throughout the state, but they often have terrible gas mileage that worsens our air and pumps CO2 into the atmosphere. Our bipartisan legislation would save businesses money on replacing these gas-guzzling vehicles with zero- or low-emission fleets, reducing our state’s carbon emissions and promoting healthier air for all Coloradans.”
Bill 3...would expand the authority of the Clean Fleet Enterprise and repeal funding restrictions to better support fleet operators with clean vehicle updates. The bill would direct funding to organizations that replace diesel trucks with new heavy-duty trucks that meet all state and federal emissions standards.
You can read the Colorado House Democrats' press release here:
What is Clean Fleet Enterprise? From the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment:
Section 11 of Colorado Senate Bill 21-260 (Sustainability of the Transportation System) creates a Clean Fleet Enterprise within the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for the business purpose of incentivizing and supporting the use of electric motor vehicles and other clean fleet technologies by owners and operators of motor vehicle fleets.
The Clean Fleet Enterprise is authorized to impose a clean fleet retail delivery fee to be paid by the purchaser of tangible personal property delivered to the purchaser by motor vehicle and a clean fleet per ride fee to be paid by a transportation network company (TNC) on each ride offered and accepted by the TNC to fund the clean fleet enterprise's business purpose.
Notably, these interim committees can't pass final legislation into law. All bills still must be introduced during a regular session, go through committee hearings, floor votes, etc. The interim committees set the stage, though, by recommending or requesting draft bills. [Learn more here: Colorado General Assembly 2025 Interim Committee Information.]
When well-meaning laws meet unintended consequences, who ultimately pays the "fees"?
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