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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 26th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The driver struck several vehicles.
  • and proper vehicle registration and displaying license plates on the vehicle.
  • Failure to initially register a vehicle before operating the vehicle is a traffic infraction with a total
  • Failure to renew an expired vehicle registration before operating a vehicle is also a traffic infraction
  • Failure to renew an expired vehicle registration before operating a vehicle is also a traffic infraction
Bills: SB5234, SB6110, SB6176
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> we're going to move a couple of vehicle we're going to move a couple of vehicle bills<01:23:54.600
  • We have two vehicle bills, Representative Clardy, and I have talked about the need for vehicle bills.
  • bills uh representative clor and vehicle bills uh representative clor and I<01:39:24.880><c> have</c
  • This is for the repeal of the Driver and Vehicle Services Oversight Committee.
  • This is a vehicle bill for state government.” Chair: “Any other questions?
Bills: HF1060, HF1062
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, under current statute, insurers must pay a $5 per vehicle year fee to support the motor Vehicle Crime
  • of how many occupants are traveling in their vehicle for the sole purpose of passing a vehicle traveling
  • Dealers that fraudulently use or require vehicle inspection reports lead to uninspected and unsafe vehicles
  • It only applies to vehicles that already require a CDL to operate.
  • I mean, we're not talking small vehicles.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 13th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered the invocation and pledges, and recognized the doctor, psychologist, and nurse of the day. The chamber then hosted several honorary introductions and citations, including congratulations to the Murray State College shotgun team for winning back-to-back national championships and to the Coedah High School varsity wrestling team for a record-setting 5A season and state title. Both groups were formally presented citations and received Senate applause. The Senate also considered Senate Resolution 30, which reaffirmed Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, supported stronger economic and diplomatic ties, and celebrated the anniversaries of the Taiwan Relations Act and the Oklahoma-Taiwan relationship. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after brief remarks from Senator Peterson and a representative from Taiwan’s office in Houston, who thanked the Senate and spoke about Taiwan’s trade relationship, economic growth, and international challenges. The meeting included introductions from several student pages, who described their schools, sponsoring senators, and future plans. Announcements were made for committee meetings, including Revenue and Taxation, Health and Human Services, and Appropriations and Budget, along with a reminder about Diabetes Awareness Day. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, April 14th at 9:30 a.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 18th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there was a process before going to the storage to get your vehicle.
  • They should go ahead and show you to your vehicle. Yeah, absolutely, yes, ma'am. Thank you.
  • , and his car was flooded out, and the police initiated the tow, which is a non-consensual tow, but it's
  • If a cop initiated it, if they, like, are in a flood or anything like that, those are also non-consensual
  • one little niche when it's not fair that, like, if Senator Foil's wife got, or if his wife got in a flood
Bills: HCR96, SB431
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. The bill, as amended in the House, would apply only to non-consensual private-property tows and require towing companies to have someone available on weekends to release vehicles within 90 minutes of a call if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil said the measure was intended to help vehicle owners retrieve cars and belongings sooner, while not forcing companies to stay open; Lieutenant John Nelson of Louisiana State Police explained that payment would still occur at the yard and that the bill did not change the fee structure. Amy Seals of Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, burdens on office staff, and fairness issues because it would not cover police-initiated tows; she suggested limiting weekend release hours to daytime. Despite her concerns, the committee moved SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Adams said the resolution was meant to help drivers in smaller parishes and elsewhere who struggle with roundabouts. Several members supported the idea, noting confusion about roundabout navigation in their areas, and one member asked whether driver education already covers the topic. The resolution was moved favorably without objection. Before adjourning, the chair recognized a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. Representative Spells then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This increases the heavy vehicle weight distance tax by 35% and increase vehicle registration fees by
  • vehicles.
  • Vehicle. I must not have done a good job representing you, Senator.
  • If you look on page two and three, those are increases in vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight versus
  • So the federal government is gonna pay a maximum surcharge on electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid vehicle
Bills: SB2
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • the vehicle.
  • license plate on the vehicle.
  • So for my dealership in Weatherford, Texas, we sell 2,500 new vehicles a year.
  • I'd have to store 625 metal tags just for new vehicles.
  • Further, given the volume of plates that we're Removing for vehicles statewide.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The statute ensures insurance companies must pay a $5 per vehicle yearly fee to support the Motor Vehicle
  • Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, or MVCPA.
  • House Bill 971 permits motor vehicles to use high occupancy vehicle lanes regardless of how many occupants
  • are traveling in the vehicle for the sole purpose of passing a vehicle traveling slower than the posted
  • Dealers that fraudulently use or acquire vehicle inspections can lead to uninspected and unsafe vehicles
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 21st, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are, by nature, able to go areas where other boats or vehicles cannot access. We have to...”
  • This is inherently a flood control bill.
  • , which we here in the capital region remember as the worst flooding event in our history.
  • It was a flood control project that was supposed to have been built in response to the last record flood
  • impact benefits of that project and lower flood insurance rates accordingly.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:04 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And plug-in hybrid vehicles.
  • and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
  • Increases in vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight versus their tax rate.
  • Surcharge on electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid vehicle owners in New Mexico.
  • You know, people's vehicle repairs. If you damage a rim on a vehicle, it's 250 bucks.
Bills: SB2
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • and many more, if you have to go to another pre-K provider, that young child has to transition on a vehicle
  • Chair, whether to pay for a roof over our head, food on the table, and a vehicle were very much at the
  • And when I had to make a decision, it was a vehicle I could not afford a vehicle.
Bills: SB2
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Apr 6th, 2026

Aeronautics and Transportation

Summary: The Senate Aeronautics and Transportation Committee met and first laid over House Bills 3148 and 3982. It then heard and advanced several transportation-related measures, including HB 1411, which establishes the True Grit Trail to promote tourism in southeast Oklahoma; HB 2980, which lets tag agencies accept alternate proof of insurance when the online verification system is unavailable; HB 3015, which authorizes Service Oklahoma to issue electronic driver’s licenses; and HB 3147, which creates a Route 66 Centennial specialty license plate. All of those bills were reported out with unanimous or near-unanimous support and no stated fiscal impact in the cases discussed. The committee also advanced HB 3277, allowing vendors to use the National Insurance Crime Bureau for vehicle inspections when Highway Patrol staffing is limited, and HB 3323, which removes notarization requirements for certain electronic documents submitted to Service Oklahoma. HB 3443, which raises oversized and overweight permit fees to help fund weigh stations and reduce pressure on the roads fund, drew questions about prior funding and was estimated by ODOT to generate about $15 million; it advanced on a 9-1 vote. HB 3882, creating a dedicated revolving fund for industrial access and lake access improvement projects, also advanced on a 9-1 vote. Testimony was generally supportive, with authors explaining the bills as administrative efficiencies, tourism promotion, or funding adjustments. ODOT and Service Oklahoma officials answered questions on fiscal impact and implementation, including that the electronic credential system would be integrated with manufacturers like Apple and Google at no state cost. The committee noted it had several more House bills to hear in coming weeks and then adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 22nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • To have 80% of people attend by a non-personal vehicle.
  • We'll use every vehicle we have, if necessary, but in terms of purchasing new incident response vehicles
  • off if the vehicle has mud, rocks, or debris on the outside of that vehicle before being operated.
  • Washington is not expanding allowable vehicle lengths in any way.
  • This connection is centered over the rear axle of the towing vehicle.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS DEFER, TRS Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • to qualify to drive category 3 vehicles to qualify to drive commercially<00:19:21.600><c> in</c><00:
  • I think they would like the larger vehicle.
  • I think they would like the larger vehicle.
  • </c><00:43:05.280><c> the</c> vehicle. So there's two vehicles. the vehicle.
  • State taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for the motor vehicles.
Summary: The committee first took up SB 2699, which would create a youth transit program within DOT and a special fund tied to the environmental response/energy/food security tax fund. The chair described support from several agencies but also noted Attorney General concerns about whether the special fund met statutory criteria, DOE comments requesting a July 1, 2026 effective date, and broader funding concerns because the bill would draw from general fund resources. The chair recommended deferral, saying the measure involved significant long-term costs and needed more work on a funding mechanism. The committee deferred the bill. The committee then heard SB 3182, relating to administrative license revocation procedures. HDOT supported the measure, while the Judiciary opposed the bill as written, citing operational, staffing, fiscal, and mailing burdens from requiring ADLRO to mail all case documents to every respondent within five days. Judiciary said it handles about 3,000 to 4,000 DUI cases annually and would need additional staff and certified-mail costs. Prosecutors from the state and county supported a proposed SD1 version, saying it would address backlog concerns and help DUI enforcement by creating a presumption of revocation. The committee ultimately recommended support and passage of SD1. The committee also heard SB 3313 on interisland air service stability and transformation. The Attorney General warned the bill could be preempted by the federal Airline Deregulation Act and raised constitutional concerns about a local-hire provision. DOTAX said the program would be complicated to administer and suggested third-party certification. No action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard SB 3337, which would eliminate state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for motor vehicles; HDOT opposed it, while DOTAX provided comments and the Hawaii Transportation Association supported it. The transcript then moved to SB 2896, lowering the minimum age for commercial driving from 19 to 18. HDOT supported the bill, the Hawaii Transportation Association strongly supported it and suggested added training requirements, and an Operating Engineers representative supported the concept but urged that young drivers be tied to apprenticeship or other structured training programs. No vote was shown in the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard SB 2400, which would exempt wing-in-ground craft from the Hawaii Waters Act and define those craft in law. The PUC supported the bill’s intent, and Regent Craft testified in strong support, describing sea gliders as all-electric vessels that could improve interisland access, resiliency, and decarbonization while using existing harbor infrastructure. HTDC and several other groups also supported the measure. Members asked about infrastructure, ports, weather operations, and Coast Guard jurisdiction, and the witness said operators would decide harbor locations and that the company had identified multiple possible ports. No final committee action was included in the excerpt.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, Houseville, 2967 is a constituent request bill and it exempts from motor vehicle excise tax
  • vehicle ownership transfers between a legal guardian and child, and between a grandparent and grandchild
  • They calculated the average excise tax amount of $882 per vehicle. OK?
  • baseline, maybe a 10% increase in the in the number of people asking to have the give their grandkid the vehicle
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2967 is a constituent request bill, and it exempts from motor vehicle excise tax vehicle ownership
  • They calculated the average excise tax amount of $882 per vehicle.
  • They calculated the average excise tax amount of $882 per vehicle.
  • kind of a baseline, maybe a 10% increase in the number of people asking to have their grandkid the vehicle
  • So it's really, really kind of... ...the vehicle, so it's really, really kind of a—they're just estimating
Summary: The House convened, took the roll, offered an invocation, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the nurse of the day, Stephanie Cooper. Members also adopted motions related to a multi-day adjournment request and received several guest introductions, including students, athletes, family members, and constituents in the galleries. The chamber then considered and passed several bills. HB 2936 clarified that certain offenders may not adopt children, including in surrogacy-related situations; it passed 71-0. HB 2967 exempted certain vehicle title transfers between guardians and children or grandparents and grandchildren from motor vehicle excise tax; it passed 69-10. HB 3627 added the State Committee of Blind Vendors to the list of public bodies allowed to meet by video or teleconference and passed 70-2, with the emergency clause also approved. HB 3721 created a survivor-benefit option for children of unmarried public safety officers who die before retirement after qualifying for benefits; it passed 77-3, and the emergency clause was adopted. Additional measures passed included HB 4132, a data protection bill, by 77-0; HB 4303, extending the deadline for municipalities to publish ordinances, by 70-0; HB 4478, raising the daily deposit threshold for school activity funds from $100 to $500 while requiring weekly deposits, by 73-5; HB 4322, removing the requirement that a funeral director in charge also be a licensed embalmer/director, by 61-17; and HB 4227, protecting the legal rights of child sexual abuse victims, which was amended with cleanup language and then passed with no recorded nays. The House then adjourned until Monday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 16th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's multiple vehicles, two or three vehicles connected together. Understandable. And for people...
  • Multiple vehicles, two or three vehicles connected together. Right. Right. Understandable.
  • And if one of these vehicles swerves and hits your vehicle going down the road...
  • by another vehicle.
  • You see one vehicle towing another vehicle, which is then hooked to a third vehicle. Right.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 16 with a quorum present and first deferred three local bills at the sponsor’s request: HB 590, HB 679, and HB 873. The committee then advanced HB 503, which cleans up prior local language for Golden Meadow by removing a reference to electric golf carts and updating the definition of utility terrain vehicles; the technical amendment set was adopted and the bill was reported with amendments. HB 720, dealing with tacit dedication of roads and preserving historic public access to waterways and related access points, was reported favorably after members agreed to continue working on the amendment language before floor debate. The committee spent substantial time on HB 309, which originally made it a crime to walk in a crosswalk while looking at a cell phone. After amendments converted the proposal to a $25 civil fine and added a rebuttable presumption of liability for damages, members from both parties raised concerns about enforceability, tourism and urban pedestrian patterns, free-will and overreach arguments, and the lack of data tying the conduct specifically to crosswalk crashes. The author argued the measure was intended to promote situational awareness and reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities, but after opposition testimony the bill was voluntarily deferred. Members then reported HB 856, which expands DOTD’s use of indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity construction contracting and adds the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, after technical amendments clarified the contracts are for construction-phase work. HB 487, increasing penalties for drivers who use shoulders or turning lanes to bypass red lights, was reported with a technical correction after police support testimony. HB 846, prohibiting license plate coverings or films that obscure plates, was reported favorably after law enforcement support and discussion of clear frames versus obscuring covers. HB 733 and HB 875, both tied to OMV fee and lapse-of-insurance recommendations from the Legislative Auditor, were reported with amendments adjusting grace periods and offense timing. The committee also took up HB 695 on consensual non-commercial towing permits. After extensive questioning about whether the bill applied to multiple vehicles, interstate travel, OMV implementation, and the practicality of an honor-system QR code permit, the sponsor agreed to amend the bill to cover multiple vehicles and then voluntarily defer it for further work with OMV and State Police. HB 777, requiring a driver’s license renewal knowledge exam, was amended at the department’s request and then voluntarily deferred for further review. HB 868, prompted by a fatal trailer accident involving a farmer’s wife, would require trailers to meet safety-chain and braking standards consistent with manufacturer specifications or federal standards; after concerns from members and the Agriculture Commissioner about impacts on older farm equipment, the bill was reported with amendments. Finally, HB 707 moved the LPG Commission’s marketing functions to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and was reported with a technical amendment, HB 693 on legislative district highway signs was voluntarily deferred after amendments, and HB 746 on local oversized trucking permits opened a broader discussion about parish-by-parish permit disparities, with the sponsor proposing a one-year moratorium on new local standards while stakeholders work toward a more uniform system.