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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 356

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Relating to: registration surcharges for electric vehicles and vehicles over 4,500 pounds.

Bus and truck Motor vehicle Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration Motorcycle — Taxation or registration Transportation department of — Vehicles Trespass

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates the surcharges for registering electric automobiles and

motor trucks and creates a surcharge of $5 for registering automobiles and motor

trucks weighing over 4,500 pounds.

Under current law, a motor vehicle may not be operated upon a highway

without a current, valid registration. In general, vehicles must be registered on an

annual basis by payment of a specified fee to the Department of Transportation. For

motor trucks and automobiles that are hybrid electric vehicles or nonhybrid electric

vehicles, a surcharge of $75 and $100, respectively, is added to the annual

registration fee.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

18 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Brostoff (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Milroy (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. May 25, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Roys, Carpenter and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Brostoff, Milroy, Hebl, Neubauer, Andraca, Shelton, Pope, Sinicki, Vruwink, Subeck, Anderson, Shankland, Emerson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Moore Omokunde and Vining

  2. May 25, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1