WA HB 1990
enactedAuthorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 1990 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1990 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 5/17/2025.
What is WA HB 1990 about?
WA HB 1990 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1990?
Abbarno is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1990, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-05-17 — Effective date 5/17/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Abbarnoprimary
- Parshleycosponsor
- Dogliocosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-17
Effective date 5/17/2025.
became-law
2025-05-17
Chapter 310, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-24
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-23
President signed.
passage
2025-04-22
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-21
Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1.
passage
2025-04-21
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2025-04-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-08
Committee amendment not adopted.
amendment-failure
2025-04-02
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-31
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-28
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-28
ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-12
First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2025-03-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-10
2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).
substitution
2025-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-27
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-25
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-21
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-02-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-20
ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-17
First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)
2025-03-10 · pass · 78-16
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: other
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12)
2025-04-08 · pass · 45-3
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: no
- 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: no
- 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: other
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: no
- 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 (#18)
2025-04-21 · pass · 93-4
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: no
- 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: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: other
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- 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: no
- 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
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