SEATTLE – Years in the making, Washington drivers will soon have new options for specialty license plates. Up next is the long-awaited Mount St. Helens plate coming in August 2026. This comes after lawmakers weighed the possibility of the plates through Senate Bill 5444 last year, creating 13 new designs.
The plate sponsors the Mount St. Helens Institute, an organization and research facility that does work at the volcano itself, along with youth education programs, trail restoration projects and other volunteer programs.
Just over 46 years since the eruption at Mount St. Helens, this new plate will offer a way for state residents to fund the work the institute does for the site.
In 1980, a major volcanic eruption occurred at Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, in the United States.. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ( )
In a previous statement made during the discussions around SB5444, one high school student spoke about the community benefit of specialty plates. …