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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION EHB 1964

HB 1964: Prorate & fuel tax collect.

Enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information.

Summary

  • Provides additional authority to the Department of Licensing (DOL) to enforce fuel tax requirements.
  • Requires DOL to establish a prorate and fuel tax discovery team to detect and investigate fuel tax and proportional registration violations, with authority to seek search warrants, issue subpoenas, perform inspections, and investigate and assess alleged civil violations.
  • Makes a person other than a licensee who is engaged in the business of selling, purchasing, distributing, storing, transporting, or delivering fuel and who fails to submit required tax reports to DOL subject to civil and criminal penalties.
  • Requires a fuel licensee who has a fuel license revoked to submit an application for reinstatement and to resolve all outstanding violations, non-compliance items, and debts owed prior to issuance of a new license.
  • Exempts fuel tax reports submitted to DOL from public inspection and copying.

From the Engrossed Senate Bill Report (EHB 1964), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Enacted Enacted · Chapter 1, Laws of 2024
  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2024
  2. Out of committeeJan 23, 2024
  3. Passed HouseJan 29, 2024
  4. Passed SenateFeb 6, 2024
  5. GovernorFeb 21, 2024
  6. LawFeb 21, 2024
Prime sponsor
Bill Ramos (D-5)
Introduced
January 8, 2024 in the House
Last action
February 21, 2024
Session law
Chapter 1, Laws of 2024
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 5847
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bill Ramos (D-5)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Eric Robertson R-31Kristine Reeves D-30David Hackney D-11

Votes

House · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed January 29, 2024
Version voted on: EHB 1964
92 Yea 4 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat58000
Republican34402
How each member voted

Yea (92)

Nay (4)

Excused (2)

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Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed February 6, 2024
Version voted on: EHB 1964
48 Yea 1 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat28100
Republican20000
How each member voted

Yea (48)

Nay (1)

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History

  1. Effective date 7/1/2024. (EHB 1964)
  2. Chapter 1, 2024 Laws. (EHB 1964)
  3. Governor signed. (EHB 1964)
  4. President signed. (EHB 1964)
  5. Delivered to Governor. (EHB 1964)
  6. Speaker signed. (EHB 1964)
  7. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (EHB 1964)
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. (EHB 1964)
  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (EHB 1964)
  10. Minority; without recommendation. (EHB 1964)
  11. TRAN - Majority; do pass. (EHB 1964)
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (EHB 1964)
  13. First reading, referred to Transportation. (EHB 1964)
  14. Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. (EHB 1964)
  15. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (EHB 1964)
  16. Floor amendment(s) adopted. (EHB 1964)
  17. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (EHB 1964)
  18. Referred to Rules 2 Review. (EHB 1964)
  19. Minority; without recommendation. (EHB 1964)
  20. TR - Majority; do pass. (EHB 1964)
  21. TR - Executive action taken by committee. (EHB 1964)
  22. First reading, referred to Transportation. (EHB 1964)
  23. Prefiled for introduction. (EHB 1964)

HB 1964 in other sessions

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