Motor Vehicles: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 108 bills from the 2025-26 session under Motor Vehicles. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1041 · Tires, prohibiting standards for manufacture, sale, or use more strict than federal standards
- HB 1046 · Civil liability, immunity for damage caused by rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals from vehicle
- HB 1050 · License plates, creating special plates for United States Naval Academy
- HB 1086 · Chop shops, making ownership or operation of a chop unlawful
- HB 1117 · California motor vehicle emissions standards, prohibiting adoption
- HB 1194 · Collector vehicles, modifying license requirement
- HB 1240 · Impounded vehicles, additional protections for vehicles used as a residence
- HB 1283 · Title, electronic or paper certificates
- HB 1366 · Military surplus vehicles, as collectible vehicles
- HB 1368 · License plates, special, Firefighter memorial, creating
- HB 1369 · License plates, special, creating working forests plates
- HB 1370 · Special license plates, Mount St. Helens
- HB 1401 · License plates, special, creating Nautical Northwest plates
- HB 1421 · Special license plates, Smokey Bear wildfire prevention
- HB 1431 · Car rental agreements, restricting the inclusion of certain fees
- HB 1512 · Violations, expanding law enforcement response
- HB 1518 · Collisions, liability standards and presumption of negligence in cases of minor motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians
- HB 1519 · Registration, adjusting fees
- HB 1525 · Sales, tax exemption for sales to tribe or tribal member
- HB 1550 · Electric vehicles, new chapter requiring battery management plans and labeling for producers
- HB 1596 · Intelligent speed assistance device, requirements
- HB 1645 · Insurance, requiring provision for right to an appraisal
- HB 1721 · Zero emission vehicles, new chapter authorizing direct sale by manufacturer
- HB 1760 · Manufactured homes, sales to low-income households not to constitute "vehicle dealer" for certain circumstances
- HB 1769 · Towing, taxing sale of abandoned vehicles by tow truck operators
- HB 1772 · Shared streets, designation of by local authorities
- HB 1822 · Driver work zone and first responder safety, online education requirement for certain license applicants
- HB 1886 · License plates, special, creating firefighter memorial plates
- HB 1898 · Trucks, altering length limitation for trucks with three axels
- HB 1911 · License plates, special, creating Washington honey bees and pollinators plates
- HB 1921 · Mandatory road usage charge program, charging fees and road usage assessment
- HB 1931 · License plates, special, modifying funding from Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC plates
- HB 1952 · License plates, special, establishing task force to review and delaying approval
- HB 1961 · Revenues based on miles traveled, directing use for highway purposes
- HB 1984 · Autonomous vehicles, requirements for vehicles and operators
- HB 1986 · Sales/use tax, cars used for rental purposes
- HB 2005 · Property, damaging electric vehicle charging stations
- HB 2077 · Zero-emission vehicles, establishing excise tax on ZEV credits
- HB 2114 · Fee exemption for replacing defective license plates
- HB 2139 · Snowmobiles, increasing registration fees
- HB 2174 · Accident risk zones created with increased penalties and required improvements
- HB 2203 · Reckless interference with emergency operations as gross misdemeanor
- HB 2305 · Travel vans excluded from "motor homes"
- HB 2308 · Increased penalties for lack of liability insurance
- HB 2323 · Blue envelope program for neurodivergent individuals in traffic stops
- HB 2332 · Automated license plate reader systems use restrictions
- HB 2362 · Impaired driving threshold lowered and traffic safety commission requirements
- HB 2421 · 6PPD tires and regrettable 6PPD substitutes phased out
- HB 2467 · Fifth-wheel trailer restrictions
- HB 2495 · Expanded authority to impound obstructive vehicles in certain cities
- HB 2518 · Electric vehicles and dealer competition restrictions
- HB 2601 · Creating motorcycle weight fees
- HB 2603 · Transfer of vehicle titles on death
- HB 2604 · Signature and notary requirements for transferring ownership in certain circumstances
- HB 2744 · Report of sale requirement for dealers
- SB 5042 · Autonomous, requiring human safety operators and meeting federal requirements
- SB 5067 · Impairment, lowering threshold to .05
- SB 5072 · Towing, taxing sale of abandoned vehicles by tow truck operators
- SB 5081 · Unattended vehicles, clarifying unattended status and remote starters
- SB 5091 · Emissions, prohibiting adoption of California standards
- SB 5107 · Insurance, providing underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees
- SB 5127 · Collector vehicles, modifying license requirement
- SB 5234 · Snowmobiles, increasing registration fees
- SB 5287 · Ignition interlock devices, limiting assistance for indigent persons from revolving account program
- SB 5309 · Motorcycles, motor vehicle weight fees for
- SB 5320 · Special license plates, Smokey Bear wildfire prevention
- SB 5377 · Dealers, removing an exception for manufacturers owning dealership selling own models
- SB 5406 · Electric vehicles, state purchase of power at state office charging stations for public or commute vehicles only
- SB 5444 · License plates, special, delaying and convening work group to review
- SB 5462 · Vehicle identification number inspections, exempting all-terrain and utility-type vehicles
- SB 5464 · Commercial driver's license, requiring clarification and training for immigration status and country of domicile
- SB 5521 · Violations, expanding law enforcement response
- SB 5524 · License plates, special, donate life
- SB 5528 · Electric vehicle supply equipment, certification requirement for installation
- SB 5586 · Electric vehicles, new chapter requiring battery management plans and labeling for producers
- SB 5592 · Zero emission vehicles, new chapter authorizing direct sale by manufacturer
- SB 5595 · Shared streets, designation of by local authorities
- SB 5624 · Electric vehicle fires, requiring WSP to develop best practices for response
- SB 5636 · Special license plates, Mount St. Helens
- SB 5664 · Impairment, lowering threshold to .05
- SB 5692 · License plates, special, creating Seattle Reign FC
- SB 5705 · Infractions, increasing penalties for certain repeat offenders
- SB 5717 · Driver work zone and first responder safety, online education requirement for certain license applicants
- SB 5721 · Insurance, requiring provision for right to an appraisal
- SB 5726 · Mandatory road usage charge program, charging fees and road usage assessment
- SB 5742 · Impaired driving, modifying penalties and thresholds
- SB 5746 · Electric vehicle charger infrastructure, requiring committee to address crime
- SB 5750 · Electric vehicles, private purchase of power at state office locations
- SB 5782 · Impaired driving, lowering threshold for increased penalties from three offenses to two
- SB 5811 · Zero-emission vehicles, establishing excise tax on ZEV credits
- SB 5824 · Fifth-wheel trailer restrictions
- SB 5832 · Motor vehicle arbitration account fee increase
- SB 5833 · Circumstance for leaving pets in unattended vehicles
- SB 5864 · Common carrier-based system for online verification of liability insurance
- SB 5871 · Motor vehicle glass act, new chapter for repair and insurance requirements
- SB 6002 · Automated license plate reader systems use restrictions
- SB 6066 · Accident risk zones created with increased penalties and required improvements
- SB 6110 · Electric motorcycle work group convened to recommend statutory framework
- SB 6119 · 6PPD tires and regrettable 6PPD substitutes phased out including fees
- SB 6176 · Failure to renew registration
- SB 6243 · Autonomous motor vehicles operation and requirements
- SB 6265 · Signature and notary requirements for transferring ownership in certain circumstances
- SB 6269 · Definition of fuels modified
- SB 6288 · Temporary exemption from restriction on businesses sharing locations
- SB 6350 · Driver's license or other identification to indicate tribal membership
- SB 6352 · Mobile identification credential required
- SB 6354 · Dealerships for certain electric vehicle manufacturers
- SB 6359 · Third-party claimants may demand appraisal to resolve disputes with liability insurers
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.