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WA HB 1522

enacted

Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1522 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1522 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-24. Latest recorded action (2025-04-24): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1522 about?

WA HB 1522 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1522?

Dent is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1522, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-24 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Dentprimary
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Springercosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

    First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-30

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.

  3. 2025-02-06

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-06

    ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-02-28

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  7. 2025-03-07

    1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 25).

    substitution

  8. 2025-03-07

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  9. 2025-03-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-03-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-11

    First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

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  12. 2025-03-21

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.

  13. 2025-03-28

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2025-04-01

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.

  15. 2025-04-01

    ENET - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-04-01

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-04-02

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-04-05

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.

  19. 2025-04-07

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  20. 2025-04-07

    WM - Majority; do pass.

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  21. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  22. 2025-04-09

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  23. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  24. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  25. 2025-04-16

    Speaker signed.

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  26. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

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  27. 2025-04-21

    Delivered to Governor.

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  28. 2025-04-24

    Governor signed.

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  29. 2025-04-24

    Chapter 156, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  30. 2025-04-24

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11)

    2025-03-07 · pass · 97-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 48-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: other
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1522&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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