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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future."
+description: "Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1126"
+citation: "Washington HB 1126 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-11"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14de523c-1b06-46a8-a7d8-0b08e602a7f7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1126&year=2019"
+source_hash: "bd60fbb48d9a49788a086237de72c4a89c80a2066dfbd6be117de6d674450933"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1126 (2019-2020) — Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1126.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1126.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morris — primary (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-31** ENVI - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-03-21** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-30** Chapter 205, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14de523c-1b06-46a8-a7d8-0b08e602a7f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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