BILL · 2021–22 SESSION · LATEST VERSION E2SHB 1287
HB 1287: Zero emissions transp.
Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future.
Summary
Requires the Washington State Department of Transportation's Public-Private Partnership Office to develop and maintain a publicly available mapping and forecasting tool that provides locations and essential information of charging and refueling infrastructure to support forecasted levels of electric vehicle adoption, travel, and use.
Requires electric utilities to analyze how their resource plans account for modeled load forecast scenarios that consider anticipated levels of zero-emission vehicle use in the utility's service area, assumed use case scenarios that consider anticipated levels of zero-emission vehicle use, and information from the utilities' transportation electrification plans.
Requires the State Building Code Council to implement rules for residential R-3 occupancies by July 1, 2024, to require electric vehicle charging capability at all new buildings that provide on-site parking, in an amount that is the greater of at least one parking space, or 10 percent of parking spaces.
Establishes a goal that all publicly and privately owned passenger and light duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later sold, purchased, or registered in Washington state be electric vehicles, contingent upon vehicle participation in a new road usage charge or equivalent tax or fee policy.
From the Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill Report (E2SHB 1287), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Enacted (partial veto)Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 300, Laws of 2021