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Senate hearing on omnibus transportation bill covers digital IDs, ferry funding and contentious traffic-camera revenue shift
Summary
At a Feb. 19 hearing on Senate Bill 6,352, staff outlined an omnibus bill that includes a mobile driver's license with a $1 fee, a new sales-tax split for ferry funding, aircraft tax changes, expanded transit and bike programs, and a disputed change to traffic-camera revenue sharing that drew strong opposition from cities.
The Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing Feb. 19 on Senate Bill 6,352, an omnibus transportation-resources bill that staffs said continues and revises provisions from last session’s ESSB 5,801.
Kelly Simpson, committee staff, introduced the measure as a lengthy resources bill with revenue and policy changes. Staff analyst Brian Moore walked members through several headline provisions: a mobile driver’s license and identicard program to be implemented by July 1, 2028 with a proposed $1 fee on applications to help fund implementation; a reduced-fee identicard for older drivers who surrender a license; renaming certain electric vehicle fees as "fix our road fees"; clarifications to fuel tax distributions; and a reallocation of a 0.1% sales-tax dedication so 25% would go to the Puget Sound Capital Construction account, 50% to Puget Sound Ferry operations, and 25% to the multimodal…
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