BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5908: Clean car authority

Creating the clean car authority as a new state government agency.

Summary

Creates an interagency electric vehicle (EV) coordinating council co-led by the Department of Commerce and the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Establishes various duties of the council, including developing a statewide strategy to ensure readiness for all new vehicle sales to be zero emissions beginning in 2035 and coordinating EV-related grant funding criteria across agency grant programs.
Provides that the bill is contingent on funding being provided in the transportation budget this year.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5908), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating the clean car authority as a new state government agency;

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

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

SB 5908 (2025–26) WDFW public participation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5908 (2023–24) Extended foster care · Enacted · Chapter 192, Laws of 2024
SB 5908 (2019–20) Equity training/schools · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5908 (2017–18) RTA MVET statements · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5908 (2015–16) Student restraint, isolation · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5908 (2013–14) Property tax refunds · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5908 (2011–12) Public employee pensions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5908 (2009–10) Juvenile court employees · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House