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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks."
+description: "Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1514"
+citation: "Washington HB 1514 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99f27eec-379d-4c04-83bf-699fdf970f3a"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1514&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "f279f441244371897d261c7963e2eb1862e5e3286b7d60b0335dde59c89a6ef8"
+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 1514 (2025-2026) — Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks.
+
+## 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/1514.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1514-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1514-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1514-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **86–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramel — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-06** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-06** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-10** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-01** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Chapter 263, 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/99f27eec-379d-4c04-83bf-699fdf970f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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