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Senate committee approves one‑site tax exemption for nonprofit EV charging station
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance House Bill 652, a narrowly targeted exemption that would exclude one nonprofit-operated electric‑vehicle charging station from an excise fee created in recent EV legislation.
Representative Jones introduced House Bill 652, telling the Senate Finance Committee the measure would carve out a single nonprofit charging station from a new excise on EV charging. The presenter said the charging point, built about 10 years ago along the Ray and powered by a donor-funded solar array, provides free charging and is located on federal right of way. "This is an exemption to that tax for 1 facility," Representative Jones said.
The measure was described as site‑specific: the exemption would apply only to a facility that provided no‑charge electric vehicle charging and was in operation on Jan. 1 of the year. Senator Steele asked whether similar nonprofit stations could appear elsewhere; the committee was told the station on the federal right of way is unique and that federal rules limit commerce on such right of way, making new comparable sites unlikely. "Because of the fact this is the only 1 on the federal right of way," a presenter said.
A motion to advance the bill was made and seconded; the committee chair called for a voice vote. The chair announced, "the motion carries." The transcript does not record a detailed roll‑call tally or name the motion maker in the committee record.
Why it matters: HB 652 would exempt one nonprofit charging site from a recently adopted excise taxing EV charging, preserving an existing donor‑funded public service that the bill's proponents say collected no user fees and was paid for with private funds. The exemption is narrowly written to apply only to facilities meeting the criteria in the bill (no charge, in operation as of Jan. 1, nonprofit, on federal right of way).
The committee did not discuss any fiscal note or state revenue impact in depth at the hearing, and no written objections were entered on the record.
