This bill amends existing law (RCW 43.01.250) to expressly authorize the state to buy electricity to recharge publicly owned plug‑in electric vehicles at state office locations when those vehicles are used for state business, and to provide charging locations at state office locations where privately owned plug‑in electric vehicles may purchase power from the state. It requires any fees charged by the state for vehicle charging to be deposited into the motor vehicle fund. This is a statutory authorization and procedural change to state purchasing and fee handling; it does not create a new crime or change criminal penalties. The bill also gives the director of the Department of Enterprise Services a discretionary reporting role: if the director determines state‑purchased electricity for plug‑in vehicles has a significant cost, the director may report to the governor and appropriate legislative committees on the estimated amount of state‑purchased electricity consumed and the number of plug‑in electric vehicles using state locations, and that report may be combined with an existing report under section 401, chapter 348, Laws of 2007. The text provided does not include an effective date, fee amounts or fee‑setting procedures, definitions for key terms (for example "plug‑in electric vehicles" or "state office locations"), installation or operational standards for charging locations, or whether related provisions appear elsewhere in the bill. The bill was read for the first time on 02/13/25.

If passed, the state could pay to recharge state-owned plug-in electric vehicles at state office locations where those vehicles are used for state business, and the state could offer charging points at those locations where privately owned plug-in vehicles may buy power. Money collected for charging must go into the motor vehicle fund, and the Department of Enterprise Services director can, if they decide the cost is significant, report estimated state-purchased electricity used for vehicle charging and count of vehicles using state locations (reporting is discretionary and can be combined with an existing required report). The most affected parties are state agencies that operate plug-in vehicles (which may face higher electricity costs paid by state budgets), private vehicle owners who gain a new option to buy power at state sites, and the motor vehicle fund which will receive any charging fees. The Department of Enterprise Services gains a monitoring/reporting responsibility but is not required to report unless it deems costs significant. Important implementation details are missing from the text provided—there are no definitions, fee-setting rules, installation or access standards, or an effective date—so the scale, timing, and fiscal impact remain uncertain.