A bill that would add to the price of motor vehicle fuels in California has been pulled from consideration. However, the measure could come up for a vote later. 

AB1500 had passed the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, and was before the Assembly Transportation Committee.

The bill calls for $1 to be levied on every barrel of oil made into either diesel or gasoline fuel in the state. According to The San Francisco Chronicle, that would add about 3 cents a gallon to the cost of fuel.

The money raised would pay for environmental cleanup programs. Big business, labor and taxpayer groups are opposing the plan, The Chronicle reported, while environmentalists and some lawmakers are promoting it.