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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program."
+description: "Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1903"
+citation: "Washington HB 1903 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mena"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dc82419-bfd4-4135-ad45-2e1b96092cdd"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1903&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "7efeada612d09318cc114547daf0660bd0067a4fa6e070ae437123e9a9056b10"
+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 1903 (2025-2026) — Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.
+
+## 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/1903.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1903-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1903-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **60–33** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mena — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-20** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-24** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
+- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2026-03-30** Chapter 252, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-30** 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/5dc82419-bfd4-4135-ad45-2e1b96092cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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