Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois SB41: CLEAN TRANSPORTATION STANDARD
Status: In committee, August 20, 2026
Creates the Clean Transportation Standard Act. Establishes a clean transportation standard to reduce lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels for the ground transportation sector by specified amounts. Provides for related rulemaking and calculations. Provides that the clean transportation standard shall take the form of a credit marketplace monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides for verification and data privacy requirements for the Agency. Provides for penalties for failing to offset deficits in certain situations, and for penalties for submitting false information. Exempts airline, rail, ocean-going, and military fuel. Provides that the Agency must develop a periodic fuel supply forecast. Establishes findings. Defines terms. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
What the bill says
A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB0041Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. David KoehlerSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act New Act Creates the Clean Transportation Standard Act. Establishes a cleantransportation standard to reduce lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels forthe ground transportation sector by specified amounts. Provides forrelated rulemaking and calculations. Provides that the cleantransportation standard shall take the form of a credit marketplacemonitored by the Environmental Protection Agency…
From the introduced text, January 13, 2025:
A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB0041Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. David KoehlerSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act New Act Creates the Clean Transportation Standard Act. Establishes a cleantransportation standard to reduce lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels forthe ground transportation sector by specified amounts. Provides forrelated rulemaking and calculations. Provides that the cleantransportation standard shall take the form of a credit marketplacemonitored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides forverification and data privacy requirements for the Agency. Provides forpenalties for failing to offset deficits in certain situations, and forpenalties for submitting false information. Exempts airline, rail,ocean-going, and military fuel. Provides that the Agency must develop aperiodic fuel supply forecast. Establishes findings. Defines terms.Contains other provisions. Effective immediately. LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b A BILL FOR SB0041LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b SB0041 LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b SB0041 LRB104 06940 BDA 16977 b AN ACT concerning transportation. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1.Short title.This Act may be cited as theClean Transportation Standard Act. Section 5.Findings.The General Assembly finds that: (1) The transportation sector in this State is a leading source of criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, which collectively endanger public health and welfare …