A new bill that will reduce Sound Transit’s motor vehicle excise tax (MVET) funding stream will be introduced Monday, heard in the House Transportation Committee at 1:30 pm Tuesday afternoon, and is expected to be voted out of committee by Friday’s cut-off.

Rep. Mike Pellicciotti

House Bill 2123, by Rep. Mike Pellicciotti (D – Federal Way) would implement a market-value adjustment program on Sound Transit’s portion of MVET payments, starting in 2020.

The bill is sponsored by 30 House Democrats, including 9 of the 17 Democratic members of the House Transportation Committee.

Eight who represent portions of Seattle are on the sponsor list, including:

Committee 2nd Vice Chair Javier Valdez

Steve Bergquist

Lauren Davis

Zach Hudgins

Eric Pettigrew

Jerry Pollett

Cindy Ryu

Sharon Tomiko Santos

The other 8 sponsors on the committee are:

2nd Vice Chair Vandana Slatter (Bellevue)

Pellicciotti

Debra Entenman (Kent)

Shelley Kloba (Kirkland)

John Lovick (Mill Creek)

Jared Mead (Mill Creek)

Lillian Ortiz-Self (Mukilteo)

Bill Ramos (Issaquah)

Since the bill is just being introduced, sponsors have the option of submitting a card to pull their name from the sponsor list by the end of business Monday. You can look up your two representatives and contact them through the district-finder tool. Olympia office phone numbers are all listed at the members’ list page.