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type: "Bill"
title: "Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW."
description: "Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Washington HB 1018 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-09"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/031c8412-b4b3-4bee-82fe-29cdc00d6d34"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1018&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5a8a327c67f27ec9367c88e0125e5c763ba0a27ae103e2bb0bcc7a4530ab1423"
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"]
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# Washington HB 1018 (2025-2026) — Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1018.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1018.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Shavers — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-23** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-14** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 261, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/031c8412-b4b3-4bee-82fe-29cdc00d6d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).