Adding certain students at certain community and technical colleges to the passengers that must be allowed to ride transit for free under the transit support grant program.

 S-4125.1

SENATE BILL 6252

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senators C. Wilson, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Orwall, Saldaña, Shewmake, Valdez, and Wellman

Read first time 01/21/26. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to adding certain students at certain community and technical colleges to the passengers that must be allowed to ride transit for free under the transit support grant program; and amending RCW 47.66.140 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 47.66.140 and 2023 c 431 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The department shall establish a transit support grant program for the purpose of providing financial support to transit agencies for operating and capital expenses only. Public transit agencies must maintain or increase their local sales tax authority on or after January 1, 2022, and may not delay or suspend the collection of voter-approved sales taxes that were approved on or before January 1, 2022, in order to qualify for the grants.