ESSB 5801: Concerning transportation resources.
Signed into law: Chapter 417, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Liias
- Introduced
- March 25, 2025
- Status
- C 417 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025*. (May 23, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Increases a variety of transportation taxes and fees, including a $0.06 per gallon increase in the state fuel tax and then indexing the rate by inflation. Imposes a luxury vehicles tax, an electric bicycle surcharge, and a large event transportation assessment. Makes a variety of other resource-related changes and modifies a variety of transportation policies.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 24, 202551 yea · 47 nay
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 25, 202531 yea · 17 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 29, 202531 yea · 18 nay
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