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Senate advances phased mileage‑based fee for electric vehicles; committee narrows scope and orders study
Summary
Senate Finance debated a phased mileage‑based user fee (MBUF). Members agreed to start with battery electric vehicles, require a study for expansion, and remove proposed jet fuel and certain purchasing‑use tax provisions; the committee voted to advance a narrowed draft and to favorably report a floor motion with draft amendment 1.1.
The committee considered a mileage‑based user fee proposal that would move some vehicles off the pump‑based fuel tax and onto a per‑mile fee. Under the phased plan discussed, battery electric vehicles (EVs) would be moved to an MBUF first (beginning Jan. 1 after enactment), fuel‑efficient plug‑in hybrids and high‑MPG internal combustion vehicles would be considered in a…
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