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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 740

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Relating to: the certificate of title for a vehicle that is transferred to a spouse upon the death of the owner. (FE)

Death Extraordinary session, 2018 — March Marriage Motor vehicle — Certificate of title

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Transportation issues a certificate of title

to a new owner of a vehicle after ownership of the vehicle is transferred. The new

owner pays a $62 fee for a certificate of title after a transfer and a $7.50 supplemental

title fee, except that a surviving spouse or domestic partner need not pay the

supplemental title fee if the vehicle is being transferred upon the death of his or her

spouse or domestic partner.

Under this bill, the fee for a certificate of title after a transfer is waived when

a vehicle is transferred upon a person's death to his or her spouse.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Meyers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Hansen (D) , Olsen (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 14, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Pope, Hebl, Meyers, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Brandtjen, Berceau, Sargent, Crowley, Spiros, Ohnstad, Horlacher, Considine, Kitchens, Hesselbein and Krug; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Hansen, Olsen, Vinehout and Bewley

  2. Dec 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Pope

  5. Jan 30, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 1, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 3-22-2018 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93

  11. Mar 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1