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Appropriations committee hears bill to make $1 traumatic brain injury donation an opt-out on vehicle registration

2386499 · February 24, 2025
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Summary

Representative Ed Buttrey presented House Bill 341 to change the traumatic brain injury (TBI) donation from opt-in to opt-out at vehicle registration, with administrative programming costs and an estimated annual net donation forecast in the fiscal note.

House Bill 341 would change the voluntary traumatic brain injury (TBI) donation at vehicle registration from an opt-in to an opt-out mechanism so that registrants are charged $1 unless they decline.

Sponsor Representative Ed Buttrey told the House Appropriations Committee the bill flips the current opt-in to opt-out and that the Motor Vehicle Division estimated programming and other system costs of roughly $30,000. The department estimated 1,219,497 vehicle registrations per year and projected that about 23% of registrants would opt out in year…

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