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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning utility connection charge waivers."
+description: "Concerning utility connection charge waivers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1302"
+citation: "Washington HB 1302 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70e4816-3725-4741-9dce-a89056eff25c"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1302&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "63f8f5b5d5f7265369d1b56171f78c0948048810fdbbd990fcdd67563162046d"
+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 1302 (2025-2026) — Concerning utility connection charge waivers.
+
+## 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/1302.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1302-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1302-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortes — primary (person)
+- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-30** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-01-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 127, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e70e4816-3725-4741-9dce-a89056eff25c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+