Saturday's Seattle Times had an article about the Discover Pass and how it was never intended to be non-transferable. It seems the legislature is hearing a lot of very negative feedback and changes are being considered.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016027712_discoverpass27.html
Discover Pass' 1-per-vehicle rule wildly unpopular
A bipartisan collection of 49 state legislators want to hold off enforcement of the new Discover Pass until the issue of transferability can be addressed by the 2012 Legislature.
By Scott Sandsberry
Yakima Herald-Republic
In the seven weeks since the Discover Pass became Washington state law, its most virulent detractors have railed against its most controversial aspect: nontransferability between vehicles. And while sales of the pass have remained brisk, there has definitely been a stiff blowback from some user groups, notably hunters.
"I haven't gone to get one and I'm not going to, because I think it's totally ridiculous," said Gerald Michael, a resident of the Nile Valley in Yakima County. "I have two pickup trucks, my wife has a Tahoe, we're in and out of the woods constantly."
Requiring one pass for each of those vehicles, he said, "is silly."
Many Washington state legislators feel exactly the same way.
Two weeks ago, 49 of them