This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.

11-H1687 on May 3, 2011

1. 50% fuel choice-enabling vehicles in model years 2015-2017, and
2. 80% fuel choice-enabling vehicles in model year 2018 and each subsequent model year.

Defines "fuel choice-enabling vehicle" to mean an automobile warranted by its manufacturer to be capable of operating on:

1. an advanced alternative fuel blend, if certified for its use, or a mixture of at least 85% denatured ethanol and gasoline or drop-in fuel, if not yet certified; or
2. natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, a hybrid electric engine, a mixture biodiesel and diesel fuel, or other fuel containing not more than 10% petroleum.

Opponent's Comments (Detroit News June 14 2011): The major automakers oppose a bill that would require nearly all vehicles to be capable of running on mostly biofuels. It would cost consumers more than a billion dollars annually. The bill effectively imposes a tax on consumers regardless of consumer demand and fuel availability.

Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. Question 18: Prioritize green energy Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
• Topic: Energy & Oil
• Headline: Sponsored requiring 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018 (Score: 1)
• Headline 2: Require 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018 (Score: 2)
  
  Participating counts on AmericansElect question 2.
• Headline: Sponsored requiring 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018 (Answer: C)
• Headline 2: Require 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018 (Answer: C)
• AmericansElect Quiz Question 2 on Energy: When you think about America’s energy needs, which of the following solutions comes closest to your opinion?
  • A: Strong investment in renewable energy like wind and solar
  • B: More drilling than investment in renewables (mix of both solutions)
  • C: More investment in renewable than drilling (mix of both solutions)
  • D: Strong focus on offshore drilling and allowing drilling in federal lands including wildlife reserves
  • E: Unsure
  
  
  
• Key for participation codes:
• Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
• Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
• Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
• Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
• Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.