SACRAMENTO—Faced with opposition from the tech lobby, a Bay Area lawmaker has gutted legislation that would have required self-driving cars registered in California to be zero-emission vehicles.

Sen. Nancy Skinner’s bill, SB 802, amended just before a committee vote Tuesday, would now simply create a task force to study “broader” issues surrounding the deployment of driverless cars in the state.

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