WA People
BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 1593: Local transportation options

Concerning local transportation options.

Summary

  • Allows cities and towns to establish transportation utilities to pay for transportation infrastructure maintenance and operation.
  • Allows cities and counties with transportation benefit districts (TBDs) to eliminate the separate entity status of the TBD.
  • Allows the TBDs to impose a vehicle fee of up to $50 and a sales and use tax of up to 0.2 percent with a vote of the governing board.

From the House Bill Analysis 2015 (HB 1593), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Joan McBride (D-48)
Introduced
January 23, 2015 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
SB 5813
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to local transportation options;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Joan McBride (D-48)

9 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Jake Fey D-27Judy Clibborn D-41Luis Moscoso D-1Chris Reykdal D-22Dean Takko D-19Gael Tarleton D-36Jessyn Farrell D-46Mike Sells D-38Ruth Kagi D-32

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1593 in other sessions

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

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