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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 2nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • vehicle types at registration.
  • weight category, which is vehicles under 4,000 pounds in the vehicle weight fee schedule.
  • House Bill 2601 would create a new lower category in the weight fee schedule specifically for motorcycles
  • In the vehicle weight fee schedule, House Bill 2601 would create a new lower category in the weight fee
  • schedule specifically for motorcycles, not based on their weight, with a fee of $15.
Bills: HB2305, HB2601, HB2604
Summary: The committee held public hearings on three transportation-related bills. House Bill 2305 would exclude travel vans from Sound Transit’s motor vehicle excise tax by distinguishing them from motor homes; staff said the Department of Revenue saw no fiscal impact, while the Department of Licensing estimated a one-time $129,000 system update cost and an indeterminate revenue impact. The sponsor and one testifier argued the bill would correct a classification issue and reduce costs for owners of smaller camper-style vans, especially in the Sound Transit area. House Bill 2601 would create a new motorcycle weight-fee category with a $15 fee instead of the current $35 fee applied under the lowest vehicle weight bracket. Staff estimated about 190,000 annual transactions and roughly $3.8 million per year in lost revenue to multimodal transportation accounts, plus about $20,000 in Department of Licensing programming costs. The sponsor and a motorcycle rights advocate said the bill was a matter of fairness because motorcycles do not weigh anywhere near 4,000 pounds and the lower fee would better match actual road use. House Bill 2604 would remove notarization requirements for documents transferring ownership of totaled vehicles to insurers and for limited powers of attorney used for that purpose, allowing electronic or printed signatures. Staff reported no fiscal impact from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner or the Department of Licensing. The sponsor and three testifiers from Copart said the change would streamline title transfers, reduce delays and travel burdens for consumers, and help people—especially those in rural areas or without easy transportation—get paid faster after a total loss. The public hearings on all three bills were closed, and the committee adjourned to caucuses.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • vehicle fee, from 6,000 pounds to 9,000 pounds. ...from 6,000 pounds to 9,000 pounds.
  • What it's showing is some of the major state vehicle fees that apply to trucks and regular passenger
  • other state fees that apply to vehicles.
  • Both vehicles are paying, as I said, a weight fee at the state level.
  • benefit district vehicle fees, is now before us.
Summary: The committee’s work session focused first on ignition interlock device compliance. Traffic Safety Commission staff described a Yakima County pilot that provides enhanced probation supervision and support for DUI-affected drivers, reporting that compliance with interlock installation rose from roughly 16%–20% before the program to 41% after implementation among the medium- and high-risk population. Staff identified major barriers as cost, confusing and inconsistent procedures, and transportation access, and suggested policy changes such as allowing payment plans and simplifying compliance pathways. JLARC then presented its preliminary audit, estimating an overall 41% installation/completion rate statewide, finding that installation rates rise with income, that financial assistance reaches only about 11% of eligible users on average, and that the Department of Licensing and State Patrol need clearer coordination, goals, and a formal agreement to jointly administer the program. The State Patrol also reported on a Snohomish County outreach pilot that made 616 contacts, found many drivers were unaware of financial assistance, and identified some drivers as physically unable to drive, without vehicles, unable to afford the program, or subject to active warrants; the patrol said it would continue similar outreach in Yakima and use data analysis to target compliance efforts. The committee then received a broader traffic safety update from the Traffic Safety Commission. Staff reported that serious injuries and fatalities in traffic crashes rose sharply over the last several years, though 2024 showed some improvement, including a 9% drop in fatalities and a 15% drop in impaired-driving fatalities from 2023. Pedestrian deaths remained high, while unrestrained and speeding-related fatalities also remained significant concerns. The commission also presented telematics-based research showing that targeted enforcement and visible police presence can reduce speeds; one project found each additional hour of officer presence per mile was associated with a 5.6 mph decrease in average speed. A second telematics project using opt-in insurance-based data showed high rates of phone use and speeding among drivers, and the commission said local agencies are using the tool for corridor-level enforcement planning and evaluation. In public hearing, the committee heard Senate Joint Memorial 8016, which asks federal officials to treat the Fairfax Bridge closure and replacement as an emergency and to accelerate federal review. The sponsor and several supporters from Wilkeson, Carbonado, recreation groups, and nearby communities said the bridge closure has hurt tourism, emergency response, and access to Mount Rainier and surrounding recreation areas. Testimony was entirely in support, and the chair announced 67 pro and zero con sign-ins. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6230, which would require cash transactions to be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment in light of the Treasury’s decision to stop minting pennies. Staff explained the bill’s rounding rules and noted a Department of Licensing fiscal note of about $186,000 for technology changes; retail and food industry representatives supported the bill but asked for amendments on permissiveness, tax treatment, consumer protections, and local preemption. During executive session, staff briefed several bills and substitutes, including snowmobile registration fee increases, gender-designation record confidentiality, streamlined salvage-title transfers, utility and fish-barrier-related changes, inflation adjustments for emergency state highway work thresholds, public-health authority language for the Traffic Safety Commission, special parking privilege renewal changes, expired registration enforcement, oil tanker tug-escort requirements, and transit board labor-member provisions. No final votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided, though the committee waived the five-day notice to hear the day’s public hearing bills.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 5832 concerns increasing the new motor vehicle arbitration fee.
  • may request replacement of the vehicle or repurchase of the defective vehicle by the manufacturer.
  • An arbitration fee of $3 is collected on the sale or lease of every new motor vehicle in the state.
  • The seller or lessor of the vehicle remits the fee to the Department of Licensing, which deposits fee
  • Turning to the bill, Senate Bill 5832 would increase the new motor vehicle arbitration fee from $3 to
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 24th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • H.J.R. 1023 is the Workers' Comp schedule fee that's done biannually. Open for questions.
  • So the actual fee schedule has not actually been put in place yet because of the shutdown.
  • So the actual rate fees are... We are waiting for workers' comp to get that back to us.
  • So the actual rate fees are still being worked on at this point.
  • This is just to keep the vehicle alive so we can keep it working and not run out of time because it is
Summary: The committee heard several measures and adopted PCS versions as working drafts before taking action. H.J.R. 1023, the biennial workers’ compensation fee schedule resolution, was presented as a vehicle to keep the schedule alive while the updated rates were still pending from the federal side due to the shutdown; it passed 8-0. House Bill 2999, which would prohibit requiring public officials to sign nondisclosure agreements, drew discussion about whether it should be broadened to cover litigation outcomes and other government transparency issues. The author agreed to strike the title and continue working on the language, and the bill passed 8-0 with the title stricken. House Bill 3788, as amended in PCS-2, would require officeholders to be U.S. citizens; members questioned whether the bill should also bar non-citizens from certain appointments, with examples raised about local boards and temporary appointments. The author said the intent was to focus on elected office, the Election Board assistant secretary said the bill reflected that intent, and the committee voted 9-1 to report it do pass, with the title still stricken for further work. The committee also advanced House Bill 3499, which allows special judges to hear applications for title matters, on a 10-0 vote. House Bill 3183, described by its author as a cost-saving measure related to electrical transmission infrastructure and protecting ratepayers from large loads, also passed 10-0. Throughout the meeting, members frequently used motions to adopt PCS drafts, move bills, and strike titles where language was still being refined before floor consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They would be able to look at the fee schedule; the number would be there, and that would be the rate
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  • > at</c><00:43:03.640><c> the</c> go on the fee schedule you look at the go on the fee schedule you look
  • </c><00:53:01.640><c> and</c> at least 100% of the Medicare fee and at least 100% of the Medicare fee
  • </c> schedule and increasing community-based schedule and increasing community-based children's<00:53
Bills: HF1005
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
  • And that way, the increase in the vehicle registration fee would go entirely to the Road Fund to cover
  • So they're not gonna get any less money based on the new vehicle registration fee increases that are
  • If we were only changing the vehicle registration fees to increase but not changing the distributions
  • We share with them the vehicle registration fees. They have the ability to do this.
Bills: SB2
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 1

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Driver and Vehicle Services, uh, the no-fee transaction payment to service providers.
  • , and driver's license agents a fee for transactions that currently do not have a fee.
  • , and driver's license agents a fee for transactions that currently do not have a fee.
  • It's intended to ensure that license plates on a vehicle is tied to the current owner of the vehicle
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Bills: HF5
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 2

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the fee also administering the fee the fee also creates<00:31:43.880><c> some</c><00:31:44.120><c> confusion
  • The fuel tax, license tab fees, the sales tax on motor vehicles, and constitutionally dedicated sources
  • The fuel tax, license tab fees, the sales tax on motor vehicles, and constitutionally dedicated sources
  • These sources included the retail delivery fee and the phasing in of the sales tax on motor vehicle parts
  • These sources included the retail delivery fee and the phasing in of the sales tax on motor vehicle parts
Bills: HF5
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 3rd, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do, Fee for the proper storage of electric vehicles that have been involved in an accident.
  • We're talking about the storage of a vehicle and the safe storage of a vehicle that's gotten known damage
  • Now you're talking about a million two vehicles, right? Significantly more gas fire vehicles.
  • an electric vehicle.
  • They must set an administrative fee for electric vehicles.
Bills: S0260, S1220, S1352, S1362, S1370
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

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

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • fees by 25%, and introduces a new annual surcharge from $70 to $90. dollars for electric vehicles and
  • So, an extra fee on top of your vehicle registration. None of those have been enacted to this day.
  • That way, the increase in the vehicle registration fee would go entirely to the road fund to cover the
  • So they're not going to get any less money based on the new vehicle registration fee increases that are
  • They have the bill we give them; we share with them the vehicle registration fees.
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.
  • As I look at the work habits and, I guess, schedules of many of our parents.
  • It depends on what her work schedule is. Her work schedule is.
Bills: SB2
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Apr 21st, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any fees recovered cannot be... my apologies... any fees recovered cannot be placed in a general revenue
  • ...an accident response fee to what their mission is, which is to go serve.
  • Those accident fees can be $710 to $1,800 per accident.
  • Those accident fees can be $710 to $1,800 per accident.
  • You're trying to get a vehicle fixed. You're dealing with an insurance claim.
Bills: HB3045
Summary: The Public Safety Committee first considered several gubernatorial nominations. Brent Black of Bixby was renominated to the Forensic Review Board, with Senator Guthrie noting the board’s seven-member makeup and the need for mental health professionals; the nomination was advanced 8-0. Lou Ann Moody of Henrietta was then presented for the Forensic Review Board. Moody described her long legal career, her work as city attorney and in juvenile/dependency matters, and her decision to avoid criminal defense work to avoid ethical conflicts. Members asked about the board’s caseload and meeting schedule, and the nomination was advanced 8-0. The committee also heard the nomination of a retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer, Mr. McCoy, to the OSBI Commission. He emphasized his decades of law enforcement and emergency-management experience, and the nomination was advanced 8-0. The committee then took up House Bill 3045, with an amendment offered by Senator Reinhart. The amendment would allow certain fire departments, rural fire districts, and fire protection districts in municipalities under 200,000 population to recover accident response fees, while preventing those fees from going into general revenue or funding non-fire services. Reinhart explained the bill was intended to address fire departments’ ability to recover costs while limiting the impact on the state’s two largest cities. Senator Brooks questioned why the exemption would apply only to the largest municipalities, and Reinhart responded that Tulsa and Oklahoma City would see the greatest fiscal impact and that rural departments lacked comparable revenue sources. Senator Murdoch raised a point that the bill had an unescorted fiscal impact on municipalities and asked for a ruling under the Municipal Fiscal Impact Act. The chair took the matter under advisement and, at the sponsor’s request, laid the bill over rather than proceeding further. The meeting concluded with members offering extended personal remarks thanking the chair and vice chair for their leadership and service, and the chair adjourned the committee.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Agencies, first responder agencies, from charging a fee to respond.
  • Responding that they also shouldn't charge a fee for what basically is their mission, which is to be
  • Those fees will only be charged to insured drivers.
  • Accident fees can be $710 to $1,800 per accident.
  • You're trying to get a vehicle fixed. You're dealing with an insurance claim.
Bills: HB3045
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We passed another bill that eliminated inspections for all vehicles.
  • This bill does not—it's one vehicle.
  • So we've done over 100 of them. ...mod vehicles.
  • He was shot through the side door of his vehicle.
  • She approached her vehicle cautiously, but was unable to avoid the ambush.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a reminder, Senate Bill 5832 increases the new motor vehicle arbitration fee from $3 to $6.
  • It would increase the new motor vehicle arbitration fee to $4 rather than $6, and the fiscal impact is
  • It would decrease the new motor vehicle arbitration fee from $3 to $1.99 rather than increasing it to
  • This would require the new motor vehicle arbitration fee to be collected from the dealer or lessor of
  • This fee of $6 on new vehicle purchases and leases supports the state's Lemon Law Arbitration Program
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Passing is not permitted in the same lane as a vehicle occupied by another vehicle, except where a motorcycle
  • A motorcycle must reenter traffic lanes if the shoulder is occupied by a parked vehicle, emergency vehicle
  • , tow truck, or other vehicle providing roadside assistance.
  • Please proceed. vehicles.
  • House Bill 2139 increases snowmobile registration fees.
Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Washington State Transportation Commission’s route jurisdiction transfer study. Staff explained that counties own about 49% of center lane miles, cities 22%, and the state 9%, and that only 16 route jurisdiction transfers have occurred since the process began in 1991. The study found the current state highway system is generally well connected and did not need wholesale realignment, but recommended clarifying statutory criteria, improving the transfer process, and strengthening interagency coordination and recordkeeping. Members discussed why transfers happen, who pays for transferred roads, and how the Legislature should handle abandonments and major decommissionings. House Bill 2172 was then heard, which would fold large abandonments into the RJT process, require pre-request conferences, add cost/risk reporting, update highway criteria, and require legislative approval for certain decommissionings. Support came from Tacoma, the Transportation Commission, counties, cities, and the Transportation Improvement Board, while the sponsor said a substitute would narrow the bill so agreed transfers could proceed without final legislative approval. The committee next heard House Bill 1367, which would allow motorcycles to travel on the right shoulder of limited-access highways in slow or stopped traffic, subject to speed limits and other restrictions. The bill’s substitute would limit shoulder use to wider shoulders, require hazard lights, bar overtaking on the shoulder, and assign liability for debris-related damage to the rider while shielding governments from claims. Testimony was sharply divided: motorcycle advocates and some riders said the bill would reduce fatigue, heat stress, and rear-end risk, while the State Patrol and WSDOT opposed it as unsafe, especially because shoulders are used for emergencies, maintenance, and incident response and may contain debris. The Department of Licensing and WSDOT described potential implementation and maintenance costs. Substitute House Bill 2174 would create local or state “crash prevention zones” on roads with repeated serious collisions or fatalities, require public notice and an engineering/traffic study, increase enforcement, and impose a $73 penalty for certain infractions in the zone, with revenue dedicated to safety improvements. The sponsor said it was intended as a temporary tool for dangerous corridors such as Highway 395 and Highway 12, while counties and cities supported the concept but asked for liability protections similar to the Senate companion bill. Finally, House Bill 2718 proposed major permitting and project-delivery reforms for transportation projects, including deadlines for agency permit meetings and decisions, early tribal and local consultation, deemed approval in some cases, a public contractor rating website, and a report on further streamlining ideas. The sponsor framed it as a “shot clock” approach to reduce delays and costs, and members raised questions about how the contractor ratings would work and whether the bill would alter existing performance review systems.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It increases the commercial vehicle safety enforcement fee assessed on commercial motor vehicles from
  • It includes additional information on safety challenges of heavy vehicles.
  • benefit district vehicle fee from 6,000 pounds to 10,000 pounds.
  • This bill has to do with transportation benefit district vehicle fees.
  • Some people are concerned about an increase in fees.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And vehicle sales laws. uh, Mr.
  • TADA and Texas Department of Motor Vehicles have been working with Mr.
  • This is Senator Westfield working with the Texas Department of Motorized Vehicles to require that a vehicle
  • , trailer, or semi-trailer have a vehicle inspection number.
  • And fourth, it clarifies the $10 dealer temporary license plate fee is a one-time charge.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This special fee aims to put the fee schedule on parity with other military merit plates.
  • Motor Vehicles.
  • fees, but let us design the docks so we know what the impacts are before we assign a fee.
  • The vehicle activities bill adds denials and revocations of vehicle registration to the... ...list of
  • I am the Director of Vehicle Titles and Registration at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 17th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • You don't have a proposed schedule for completion of the project, correct? We do not at this time.
  • if we said go and we're not prepared to say go, but the schedule would look as follows if we said go
  • If all of that stuff is approved by the end of this year, the build schedule we think will take between
  • We're not scheduled to have public testimony today, OK, OK, and so, um, Just the committee can do that
  • You know, we've moved our schedule for next week and and so what we're gonna do, we've got 20 some bills