BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5864: Vehicle insurance verif.

Concerning verification of motor vehicle insurance.

Summary

Requires the Department of Licensing (DOL) to establish an accessible online verification of motor vehicle insurance system, and requires all motor vehicle liability insurers to provide policy information to the system.
Authorizes DOL to test or pilot the verification system without any enforcement action for 12 months before full statewide implementation.
Requires DOL to verify proof of financial responsibility through the verification system or other means at the time of vehicle registration renewal and withhold such renewal until proof of financial responsibility is verified.
Expands driver licensing technology support account expenditures to cover verification system costs.
Clarifies that failing to provide proof of motor vehicle insurance to law enforcement is a secondary infraction.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5864), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to verification of motor vehicle insurance;

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.

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SB 5864 (2019–20) State infrastructure bank · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5864 (2017–18) Ending homelessness · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5864 (2015–16) Annexed areas/sales & use tx · Enacted · Chapter 5, Laws of 2016
SB 5864 (2013–14) Columbia R. crossing/bonds · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5864 (2011–12) Governmnt expenditure limits · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5864 (2009–10) U of W Snohomish cty campus · Did not pass · died in committee