The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) applauded President Trump’s signature of H.J. Res. 87 and H.J. Res. 88, the bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions overturning California’s attempt to mandate electric vehicle sales.

The now overturned California rule had set standards requiring 22% of new vehicles sold in the state to be “zero emission” in model year 2025 and was a precursor to pending California rules that over time would require 100% of new vehicles sold in California to be “zero emission.”

“By signing these resolutions into law, President Trump is helping restore consumer choice to the transportation energy market by permitting fair competition among the fuel technologies that American drivers demand. We also appreciate the leadership of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, Representatives John Joyce (R-PA) and John James (R-MI), Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), and the bipartisan group of Congressional supporters who saw this effort through to the President’s desk,” said NACS President and CEO Henry Armour.

In January, California withdrew its request for a federal waiver to require commercial truckers to transition to zero-emissions vehicles, preempting an expected denial from the incoming Trump administration

For states to set their own rules on vehicle emissions, they must be granted a waiver to do so by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Those waivers are supposed to be based upon the specific air quality needs in the state. Instead, However, California asked for a waiver based on its concern about global climate change, not California-specific air quality.

NACS and other groups also challenged California’s rule in the courts. In December 2024, he U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition filed by NACS and its coalition partners in a case challenging the state of California’s Advanced Clean Cars I rule. In February 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with NACS’ position and declined to pause further action in the case, which is expected to have a decision later in 2025.

For more than 60 years, NACS has been recognized as the premiere association for convenience and fuel retailers. NACS has more than 1,000 retail member companies that cumulatively represent more than 200,000 stores in 50-plus countries, including 90,000 stores in the United States alone. The U.S. convenience store industry, with more than 152,000 stores nationwide selling fuel, food and merchandise, conducts 160 million transactions daily and had sales of $837 billion in 2024. For more information, visit convenience.org. Follow NACS on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.