This bill would instead require, commencing with the first or 2nd regional transportation plan prepared on or after January 1, 2027, as determined by the applicable metropolitan planning organization, the regional transportation plan to include an 8-year sustainable communities strategy prepared by the metropolitan planning organization.Four years after the adoption of a sustainable communities strategy, the bill would require the metropolitan planning organization to prepare a sustainable communities strategy implementation progress report containing specified information, post the report on its internet website, and submit the report to the Strategic Growth Council. The bill would require the Strategic Growth Council to review the report at a public hearing.

This bill would instead require, no later than 2 years before the due date of a region’s next sustainable communities strategy, the state board to provide the region with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets  for 2035 and 2045, and would require the targets to reflect the combined effect of policies, regulations, and investments toreduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and be based on what is achievable for the region, as specified. The bill would require the state board to appoint a Regional Targets Advisory Committee to recommend factors and methodologies for setting those targets and to recommend how other specified state goals should be balanced in setting those targets. The bill would eliminate the authority of the state board to revise the targets every 4 years and would establish additional public participation requirements for the state board to undertake before updating those targets.