SB 496: Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions.

This bill requires the state air resources board to establish an appeals advisory committee to review appeals of denied exemption requests from the advanced clean fleets regulation. The committee will include representatives from specified governmental and nongovernmental entities and will meet monthly. Recordings of its meetings will be made publicly available online. The committee will consider and recommend on appeals of exemption request denials within 60 days. The state board will consider the committee's recommendation within 60 days. The bill also exempts vehicles reasonably anticipated to respond to emergency situations from the regulation and prohibits requiring documentation for zero-emissions vehicles to count towards a transition mandate.