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Senate committee hears ESHB 27‑11; industry groups and residents testify on taxes, mobile IDs and bonding
Summary
Committee staff outlined ESHB 27‑11, which clarifies several transportation‑related taxes and creates a Preserve Washington account; public testimony included support from aviation and auto groups for tax clarifications or repeal, requests from airlines for mobile IDs, and calls from transit advocates to add extended bond authority for Sound Transit.
The Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing on engrossed substitute House Bill 27‑11 on March 2, receiving a staff overview of the bill's transportation revenue and policy provisions and hearing more than a dozen oral testimonies.
Committee staff Brian Moore described the bill as a compilation of transportation resource and policy items. New or clarified provisions in the House version include a trade‑in clarification that treats trade‑in value as part of the tax base for recreational vessel and luxury vehicle tax calculations, a six‑month waiver of penalties and interest for the luxury vehicle tax (through June 30, 2026), an exemption for motor homes for six months, creation of a Preserve Washington account for highway preservation, and a provision restoring the Transportation Commission's authority to exempt some transit buses and rideshare vehicles…
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