"The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday blocked Bakersfield Republican Sen. Shannon Grove's Senate Bill 712 from advancing for a full vote. Leno had testified in support of the measure in Sacramento earlier this year. The committee's members and its powerful Democratic chairperson, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Oakland, did not provide a reason for killing the bill during Friday's hearing, which quickly and with little fanfare announced the fate of 260 other bills that had been placed on the committee's so-called suspense file."
"The Senate and Assembly's appropriations committees, which both met Friday and rejected hundreds of bills, are supposed to be the gatekeepers for bills proposing to spend taxpayer money. But the committees' suspense files are where hundreds of politically touchy bills die quietly each year with only a few insiders knowing the real reasons. State officials did, however, warn the committee that the proposal could potentially cost the state money, and the state's influential environmental organizations opposed it."
The Assembly Appropriations Committee blocked Senate Bill 712 from advancing to a full vote, killing the measure alongside hundreds of other bills placed on the committee's suspense file. The proposal, nicknamed Leno's Law, would have exempted owners of classic cars manufactured before 1981 from biennial emissions testing at certified auto shops and from smog requirements. State officials warned the committee the proposal could potentially cost the state money, and influential environmental organizations opposed it. Committee members and chair Assemblymember Buffy Wicks did not provide a public reason for the action. Sponsor Sen. Shannon Grove expressed deep disappointment and lamented the impact on classic car clubs.
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