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WA HB 1975

enacted

Amending the climate commitment act by adjusting auction price containment mechanisms and ceiling prices, addressing the department of ecology's authority to amend rules to facilitate linkage with other jurisdictions, and providing for market dynamic analysis.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1975 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1975 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-17. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1975 about?

WA HB 1975 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Amending the climate commitment act by adjusting auction price containment mechanisms and ceiling prices, addressing the department of ecology's authority to amend rules to facilitate linkage with other jurisdictions, and providing for market dynamic analysis.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1975?

Fitzgibbon is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1975, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-17 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Fitzgibbonprimary
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Dyecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-17

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.

  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. 2025-02-21

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-02-25

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  7. 2025-02-27

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

  8. 2025-02-27

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

    substitution

  9. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-03-09

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

    reading-2

  11. 2025-03-10

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  12. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  13. 2025-03-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  14. 2025-03-12

    First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-19

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

  16. 2025-03-28

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.

  17. 2025-03-28

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-03-28

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  19. 2025-03-28

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-31

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-04-05

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

  22. 2025-04-08

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

  23. 2025-04-08

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  25. 2025-04-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  26. 2025-04-15

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  27. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-22

    House concurred in Senate amendments.

  30. 2025-04-22

    Passed final passage; yeas, 83; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  31. 2025-04-23

    Speaker signed.

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  32. 2025-04-24

    President signed.

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  33. 2025-04-25

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  34. 2025-05-17

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  35. 2025-05-17

    Chapter 320, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  36. 2025-05-17

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 84-11

    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: no
    • 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: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: other
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • 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: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • 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: no
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 45-3

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • 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: no
    • McCune: no
    • 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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36)

    2025-04-22 · pass · 83-13

    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: no
    • 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: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: other
    • 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: other
    • 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: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1975&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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