SB5085

SB5085 – Sets the additional alternative fuel vehicle registration fee for electric motorcycles at $30 a year.
Prime Sponsor – Senator Rolfes (D; 23rd District; Bainbridge Island)
Current status – Referred to House Transportation. Had a hearing and passed out of committee February 28th. Referred to Rules, and passed by the House March 8th.
Next step would be – To the Governor.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

In the Senate 2022 – Passed
Reintroduced in Transportation; amended to reduce the fee for motorcycle registrations starting in November 2022 rather than 2021, and passed out of committee February 14th. Referred to Ways and Means, and passed out of committee February 22nd. Referred to Rules, and passed by the Senate February 25th.

In the Senate 2021 – Passed
Referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation; had a hearing on February 18th. Replaced by a substitute and voted out of committee February 22nd; referred to Rules. Passed by the Senate March 8th.
In the House 2021 – Died in committee.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation. Had a hearing March 15th. Died in committee. Still in committee at cutoff; Returned to Senate Rules.

Summary –
I regret to say my original summary of the bill misread a line at the end that would have removed the annual $75 transportation electrification fee currently paid by plug-in vehicles, other alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids. (However, the substitute dropped that, so what the bill would do now is all I thought it did originally – set the additional alternative fuel vehicle registration fee for electric motorcycles at $30 a year.)