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app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2262&Year=2023

H-2487.1
HOUSE BILL 2262
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Representatives Street, Fitzgibbon, Slatter, Kloba, Ortiz-Self,
Ramel, Peterson, Doglio, Thai, Ryu, Cortes, Pollet, Morgan, Simmons,
and Macri
Read first time 01/10/24. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

p. 1 HB 2262
1 AN ACT Relating to reducing rolling resistance of motor vehicle
2 replacement tires; adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW; adding
3 a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that:
6 (1) Rolling resistance of tires has a significant effect on the
7 fuel efficiency of motor vehicles, and the sales of high rolling
8 resistance replacement tires when low rolling resistance tire
9 technology is in use by new vehicles costs the average gasoline
10 vehicle driver the equivalent of approximately two-thirds the state
11 gas tax;
12 (2) Independent testing of available tires has demonstrated no
13 statistically significant adverse effect of low rolling resistance
tires on safety or tire longevity;14
15 (3) Analysis conducted by the department's energy policy office
16 shows adoption of reasonable replacement tire energy efficiency
17 standards could result in an approximate cumulative reduction of
18 600,000,000 gallons of gasoline and 1,500 gigawatt hours of
19 electricity, equating to a savings of $3,000,000,000 in
20 transportation costs for Washington drivers and 5,000,000 metric tons
21 of carbon dioxide from 2026 to 2035, assuming a 10 percent reduction

p. 2 HB 2262
1 in rolling resistance improves gasoline fuel efficiency by three
2 percent and electricity fuel efficiency by eight percent;
3 (4) Providing authority to the department to adopt energy
4 efficiency standards for replacement tires sold in the state could
5 therefore lower gasoline and electricity costs for drivers, reduce
6 greenhouse gas emissions to reach the state limit in RCW 70A.45.020,
7 and improve public health especially for overburdened communities
8 near highways through reduced transportation-related air pollution.

"...assuming a 10 percent reduction" Is this a reasonable expectation?