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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act."
+description: "Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 6047"
+citation: "Washington SB 6047 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6b27c8-1c80-41ae-8e53-0dac00da03a4"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6047&year=2023"
+source_hash: "192157e559f316a2d83d1acbaa8736f98ecbcc16563718cdab1c1135ae994c56"
+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 SB 6047 (2023-2024) — Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act.
+
+## 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/Senate%20Bills/6047.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6047-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6047-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warnick — primary (person)
+- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-30** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-16** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-26** Chapter 277, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6b27c8-1c80-41ae-8e53-0dac00da03a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+