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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates."
+description: "Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1906"
+citation: "Washington HB 1906 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-10"
+last_action: "2026-03-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf6f9bf-c782-43ef-b9d8-e1f2ab1f0604"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1906&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "04aeabef1d4ecb06f21460f260895f8ce5d0317e6cbf09140b566e3e3f6cdc63"
+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 1906 (2025-2026) — Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates.
+
+## 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/1906.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1906-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1906-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1906-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tharinger — primary (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-10** 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`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2026-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-09** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Public hearing and 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** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 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). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; 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`
+- **2026-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-28** Chapter 237, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-28** 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/cbf6f9bf-c782-43ef-b9d8-e1f2ab1f0604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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