Republicans in the General Assembly are seeking to overturn a regulation passed by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) mandating the increased sale of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and reducing the availability of fuel-powered cars. However, being in the minority, they lack the leverage to pass legislation to overturn this regulation. In response, they have proposed a bill that would require the reauthorization of all agency regulations every two years, a move seen as political theater to delay the implementation of the DNREC regulation.
Under the proposed legislation, all state regulations would expire annually, and a new bipartisan legislative committee would be created to review and oversee state agency regulations. Despite campaigning against the DNREC regulation during the last election, Republicans have not introduced legislation to overturn it, which is seen as the appropriate democratic legislative process.
The bill, known as HB 5, faces challenges in passing, with little chance of making it to the House floor. While Republicans have the option to introduce new legislation to oppose the regulation, they have not taken action yet. The proposed bill has sparked debate over the role of agencies in promulgating regulations and the oversight process by the General Assembly. However, with the current political landscape, the chances of the bill passing remain slim.
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