2021 Transportation Tax Proposals
Issue briefState Budgets Taxes & Fees Transportation
Many people are advocating for new revenues for the transportation budget because the activities they want to pay for cost more than the current resources provide. The Democrat majorities passed cap and trade legislation and a low carbon fuel standard that may undermine gas tax revenues if people drive less. The effective date of these decarbonization policies were linked to passage of new transportation revenue legislation that includes at a minimum a 5 cent per gallon gas tax increase. The governor vetoed the language.
Bill Numbers:
HB 1010 (2021-22)
HB 1137 (2021-22)
HB 1249 (2021-22)
HB 1290 (2021-22)
HB 1528 (2021-22)
HB 1564 (2021-22)
SB 5432 (2021-22)
SB 5444 (2021-22)
SB 5481 (2021-22)
SB 5482 (2021-22)
Keywords:
Aviation budget and taxes
Bus transit
Cap and trade
Car tab fees
Carbon issues/carbon pricing/carbon tax
Commute Trip Reduction Program
Connecting Washington (CW)
Electric vehicles
Ferries
Fish passage barriers
Gas tax
Health disparities
Initiative 976 (I-976)
Light rail
Low carbon fuel standard
Services for the blind
Transportation budget
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