Clearing the House is just the first hurdle for the bill, which will also have to pass muster with a Senate Republican conference that is telegraphing changes ahead.
Lawmakers voted 51-44 to scrap a Biden administration-era waiver allowing Sacramento to enact the sweeping rule intended to phase out new gas-powered cars and trucks.
California's 2035 deadline for phasing out gas-powered cars is overturned after the Senate voted to rescined an EPA waiver empowering the Golden State's regulation.