HB2262 – Creating and enforcing energy efficiency standards for replacement tires.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Street (D; 37th District; Seattle) (Co-Sponsors Fitzgibbon, Slatter, Kloba, Ortiz-Self, Ramel, Peterson, Doglio, Thai, Ryu, Cortes, Pollet, Morgan, Simmons, and Macri, Ds.)
Current status – Had a hearing in the House Committee on Energy & Environment on January 24th.Still in committee at cutoff.
Next step would be – Dead
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Summary –
The bill would have the Department of Commerce establish and enforce energy efficiency standards for replacement tires for passenger cars and light-duty trucks. (The findings say that an analysis by the Department’s energy policy office estimates adoption of reasonable standards could result in a cumulative reduction of 600,000,000 gallons of gasoline and 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity over the next ten years.) Commerce might implement any combination of a database of replacement tires in production, a system for rating the energy efficiency of replacement tires based on their rolling resistance coefficient, minimum energy efficiency standards for replacement tires, testing procedures aligned with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration regulations when the bill became effective, and requirements for reporting information needed to implement it. The bill would authorize Commerce to prohibit the sale of replacement tires that didn’t meet the minimum efficiency standards.

The rules couldn’t adversely affect tire safety or tire longevity, as demonstrated by independent testing of wet grip or traction and treadwear done by an analyst for the department or another State energy office and verified by the department. They’d have to provide exemptions for snow tires, spare use tires, tires manufactured specifically for use in vehicles with three or fewer wheels, or tires manufactured specifically for use in an off-road recreational or agricultural vehicle.

Commerce or another agency it designated would be authorized to inspect tires sold or offered for sale, and after a first warning violations of the rules would be subject to civil penalties ranging from $100 to $10,000 per occurrence.