BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5929

SB 5929: Local vehicle excise tax

Reallocating local motor vehicle excise tax for public transportation.

Summary

The maximum rate that transit agencies may impose is increased from 0.725 percent to 0.815 percent. Transit agencies are permitted to include revenues derived from fares, vanpools, charters, advertising and interest earnings as local match for the motor vehicle excise tax which it may impose.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 5929), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 16, 1999
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 16, 1999
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10)
Introduced: February 16, 1999 in the Senate
Last action: January 12, 2000
Companion bill: HB 2129
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5929, SSB 5929

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 16, 1999

Version voted on: SSB 5929

31 Yea 16 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	27	0	0	0
Republican	4	16	0	2

How each member voted

Yea (31)

Nay (16)

Excused (2)

Stephen Johnson R-47
George Sellar R-12

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 5929 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5929 (2025–26) Deed of trust assignment/fee · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2023–24) Fentanyl/endangerment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2021–22) WorkFirst poverty task force · Enacted · Chapter 176, Laws of 2022
SB 5929 (2019–20) Employment investigations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2017–18) Taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2015–16) State-owned aquatic lands · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2013–14) Impaired driving safety · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2011–12) State medical progs/children · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

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