Ald. Maria Hadden (49) speaks about the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance during a news conference in January. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

Advocates of the mayor-backed plan to effectively ban natural gas in most cases in new construction are pushing back at the notion the legislation is dead after it has lingered in the City Council’s rules committee this year. 

The Sun-Times reported last week that overwhelming City Council opposition to the legislation has effectively killed it, but proponents said they don’t believe the fight is over.