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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities."
+description: "Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1756"
+citation: "Washington HB 1756 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad47ba1-61d0-45aa-a2c3-26524e0986d2"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1756&year=2023"
+source_hash: "a992169d41abab77f108f9e87eefd12ff9b6ba7bf3abce1a86fe2804de25a3ab"
+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 1756 (2023-2024) — Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1756.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1756-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1756-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **81–12** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramel — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Klicker — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Rude — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-09** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-03-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-20** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-24** ENET - Majority; without recommendation.
+- **2023-03-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:45 PM.
+- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-11** Chapter 427, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fad47ba1-61d0-45aa-a2c3-26524e0986d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+