SR 1048: Senate Mileage Based User Fee Study Committee; create

Georgia currently charges owners of electric and other alternative fueled vehicles a set annual licensing fee to help pay for road upkeep, instead of the per-gallon motor fuel tax that gasoline and diesel drivers pay. This resolution says that flat fee may cause some owners to overpay and others to underpay compared to their actual road use. The resolution creates the Senate Mileage Based User Fee Study Committee to study whether Georgia should switch to a program that charges electric vehicle owners based on miles driven. The committee would include five senators plus the state commissioners of transportation and revenue (or their designees), and would examine billing methods, privacy protections, enforcement of unpaid fees, and how other states run similar programs. The committee must file any findings and recommended legislation before it is abolished on December 1, 2026.

• Creates the Senate Mileage Based User Fee Study Committee to examine replacing the flat annual fee for alternative fueled vehicles with a mileage based charge.
• Sets committee membership at five senators appointed by the President of the Senate plus the commissioners of transportation and revenue or their designees.
• Directs the committee to study billing, enrollment, privacy, delinquent account collection, and payment options for a possible mileage based fee program.
• Authorizes legislative members to receive standard legislative allowances and nonlegislator members a daily expense allowance, funded through Senate appropriations.
• Requires the committee to file a report with any recommended legislation before its abolishment date.
• Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2026.

Electric and other alternative fueled vehicle owners in Georgia who currently pay an annual licensing fee, state senators appointed to the committee, the Department of Transportation and Department of Revenue, and potentially any future third-party contractor that could administer a mileage fee program.

If the committee's work leads to future legislation, electric vehicle owners could eventually pay road fees based on miles driven rather than a flat annual charge, changing how much they pay and raising questions about privacy protections for tracking vehicle mileage.

• Paragraph (1) creates the Senate Mileage Based User Fee Study Committee.
• Paragraph (2) sets membership at five senators plus the commissioners of transportation and revenue or their designees, with a Senate-appointed chairperson.
• Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying the issues raised and recommending action or legislation.
• Paragraph (5) sets allowances: legislative members get standard per diem under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, and nonlegislator members get a daily allowance matching O.C.G.A. § 45-7-21(b), funded from Senate appropriations.
• Paragraph (6) requires any approved findings or recommended legislation to be filed as a report with the Secretary of the Senate before abolishment.
• Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026.

1. 2026-03-27Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-03-25Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)Primary sponsor
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Steven McNeel (R, SD-018)

• electric vehicles
• road funding
• transportation policy
• vehicle fees
• legislative study committees