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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 617

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Relating to: indicia of registration for electric vehicles. (FE)

Motor vehicle Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, stopped here
  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 this bill, the Department of Transportation must issue to registrants of

hybrid and nonhybrid electric motor vehicles distinctive registration plates or decals

for display on existing registration plates that identify the vehicles as electric

vehicles.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cowles (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Testin (R)

10 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Goeben (R) , Michalski (R) , Moses (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Pronschinske (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Schmidt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 16, 2024 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. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Testin, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Dittrich, Duchow, Emerson, Goeben, S. Johnson, Michalski, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman and Schmidt

  2. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 17, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 1, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Emerson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. Feb 16, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:25 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  17. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 23, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Feb 27, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  26. Mar 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024

  27. May 13, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  28. May 14, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82