The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51-44 vote Thursday morning. Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately vowed to sue to keep California’s emission standards in place.

SB 607 has passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee with major revisions, deleting the original content and replacing it with intent language signaling continued legislative discussions around CEQA reform,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental groups condemned a resolution headed to President Donald Trump that, if signed, would block the state’s authority to set stricter air standards and phase out gas-powered cars.

Thursday’s Senate vote to block California’s ban on sales of gas cars is the latest GOP effort to stop state climate policies.

Opponents of SB 607 argue that the bill would gut California's landmark environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act, and undermine protections that have safeguarded communities for over half a century,

Senate Republicans have voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back clean air standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035

The Trump administration says it isn't connected to Project 2025. But the administration has already accomplished about 70% of Project 2025's environment-related recommendations.