CS/SB 140 (2021) -  Fees/Electric Vehicles

General Bill by Transportation and Brandes
Fees/Electric Vehicles: Creating additional fees for electric vehicles; creating a license tax and an additional fee for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; authorizing persons and entities to biennially renew vehicle registrations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; providing that certain vehicles are exempt from specified fees, etc.
Effective Date: July 1, 2021, but only if SB 138 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Appropriations on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Transportation
    • On agenda for: 03/10/21 8:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 1
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
    • On agenda for: 03/23/21 8:30 AM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 138 Subject: Electric Vehicles Relationship: Linked
Bill #: HB 819 Subject: Fees/Electric Vehicles Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 817 Subject: Electric Vehicles Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 1276 Subject: Fees Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • P 117190 , Appropriations Date Filed: 03/25/21, Line#: 0
    • A 490740 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Brandes Date Filed: 03/22/21, Line#: 50 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/23/2021 11:06 AM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 608690 , Transportation, Brandes Date Filed: 03/08/21, Line#: 47 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/11/2021 02:52 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 3/25/2021 4:25:32 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 3/22/2021 8:26:23 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Transportation 3/11/2021 5:50:12 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Transportation 3/8/2021 2:46:30 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 03/25/2021 - 4:30 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 Time: 03/23/2021 - 9:31 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/23/21, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 03/18/2021 - 2:29 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S CS by Transportation read 1st time -SJ 250 Time: 03/16/2021 - 3:50 PM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Time: 03/12/2021 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/12/2021 - 8:52 AM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 247 Time: 03/10/2021 - 10:13 AM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/10/21, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 03/05/2021 - 2:32 PM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 47 Time: 03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 47 Time: 12/09/2020 - 11:12 AM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/04/2020 - 9:49 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
320.08001 HB 819, SB 1276