Bill Commons

WA HB 1903

enacted

Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-30 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Menaprimary
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Farivarcosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Duerrcosponsor
  • Santoscosponsor
  • Simmonscosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Taylorcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-07

    First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-13

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

  3. 2025-02-20

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

  4. 2025-02-20

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  6. 2025-02-21

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  8. 2026-02-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  9. 2026-02-07

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  10. 2026-02-07

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  11. 2026-02-07

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-02-07

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  14. 2026-02-11

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

    reading-2

  15. 2026-02-14

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26).

    substitution

  16. 2026-02-14

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  17. 2026-02-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2026-02-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    reading-3

  19. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  20. 2026-02-18

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.

  21. 2026-02-24

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

  22. 2026-02-24

    ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2026-02-24

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  25. 2026-02-24

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  26. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-02-27

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.

  28. 2026-03-02

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  29. 2026-03-02

    WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-03-02

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  31. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  32. 2026-03-02

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  33. 2026-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  34. 2026-03-06

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  35. 2026-03-06

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  36. 2026-03-06

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  37. 2026-03-06

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  38. 2026-03-11

    House concurred in Senate amendments.

  39. 2026-03-11

    Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  40. 2026-03-12

    Speaker signed.

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  41. 2026-03-12

    President signed.

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  42. 2026-03-12

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  43. 2026-03-30

    Governor partially vetoed.

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  44. 2026-03-30

    Chapter 252, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  45. 2026-03-30

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1)

    2026-02-14 · pass · 60-33

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: other
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: other
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: other
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: other
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24)

    2026-03-06 · pass · 35-13

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: other
  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16)

    2026-03-11 · pass · 70-26

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • 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: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

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