WA HB 1960

enacted

Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1960 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1960 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-01. Latest recorded action (2026-04-01): Effective date 1/1/2028.

What is WA HB 1960 about?

WA HB 1960 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1960?

Ramel is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1960, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-04-01 — Effective date 1/1/2028.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-11
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-02-12
First reading, referred to Finance.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-24
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-25
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-25
FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-25
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-26
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-28
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-28
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-05
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-27
Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
referral-committee
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-12
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
2026-01-12
Referred to Finance.
referral-committee
2026-01-23
Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
FIN - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-29
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-29
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-03
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-06
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-09
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-09
APP - Majority; do pass 3rd substitute bill proposed by Finance.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-09
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-09
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-17
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-23
3rd substitute bill substituted (FIN 26).
substitution
2026-02-23
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-23
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-23
Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 9.
reading-3
2026-02-24
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-11
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2026-03-11
Passed final passage; yeas, 86; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-11
President signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-04-01
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-04-01
Chapter 260, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-04-01
Effective date 1/1/2028.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2)
2026-02-23 · pass · 74-15
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: other
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: no
- Hall: yes
- Hill: other
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: other
- 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: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: other
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: other
- Volz: other
- Walen: other
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29)
2026-03-05 · pass · 42-6
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: other
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5)
2026-03-11 · pass · 86-9
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: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: other
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: other
- 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: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1960&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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