H-0213.1
HOUSE BILL 1117
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Barkis, Low, Schmidt, Couture, Corry, Ley, Dent, Eslick, Penner, Connors, Klicker, Marshall, Dye, Jacobsen, Burnett, Keaton, Orcutt, Caldier, Barnard, and Schmick
Prefiled 12/23/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Environment & Energy.
AN ACT Relating to removing the delegation of authority related to California motor vehicle emissions standards to generate new transportation revenue for the state by reducing administration burdens on the government and the people; adding a new section to chapter 70A.15 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 70A.30.010 and 70A.30.030 ; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The delegation of authority related to California motor vehicle emissions standards has caused unintended consequences. Individuals have not been able to register vehicles that meet federal manufacturing standards that they own. From September 2023 to September 2024, the department of licensing had to grant 407,541 exemptions to the policy so that vehicles could be registered, at additional time and resources for the people, vehicle subagents, and the governmental organizations that administer vehicle registrations. The state benefits when every vehicle that operates on the public roads is legally registered and when government operates in an efficient manner. The legislature intends to improve the lives of all of the people who had to seek an exemption and all of the workers who do not want to tell people they cannot register their vehicles because of California motor vehicle emissions standards.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed: