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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1173

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Relating to: qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE)

Identification cards Junkyard School — Administration Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, a person may not purchase or bid on a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle salvage pool unless the person holds a valid buyer identification (BID) card issued by the Department of Transportation. A motor vehicle salvage pool sells or distributes damaged motor vehicles at wholesale, generally by auction. Currently, BID cards are available only to motor vehicle dealers, wholesalers, and salvage dealers licensed in this state or another state and to their employees. Under this bill, DOT may also issue a BID card to a school district or an employee of a school district.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D)

7 cosponsors

Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Udell (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Dassler-Alfheim, Larson, Ratcliff and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Udell, Brown, Clancy, J. Jacobson, Sinicki and Stubbs

  2. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1