HB1330

HB1330 – Creates a sales and use tax exemption for electric bicycles and up to $200 of related equipment.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Shewmake (D; 42nd District; Whatcom County)
Current status – Dead
In the House – Passed
Referred to the House Committee on Finance. Had a hearing there February 17th; replaced by a substitute and passed out of committee February 19th. Referred to Rules, and passed by the House March 9th.

In the Senate –
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and had a hearing March 23rd.
Next step would be – Action by the committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Summary –
Substitute –
The substitute merely specified the date at which reaching the cap would terminate the exemption more clearly.

Original bill –
The bill exempts electric bicycles and up to $200 of related equipment from the sales tax starting August 1st, 2021 and ending May 1st 2027, or when $500,000 of exemptions have been granted. (It says the Legislature intends to extend the expiration if a review by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee finds that the number of electric bicycles purchased has increased by 25 percent compared to the number of electric bicycles in 2020.) [This may be intended to mean compared to the number purchased in 2020.]