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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers."
+description: "Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1990"
+citation: "Washington HB 1990 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abbarno"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-17"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa610af0-720c-403c-a85f-35ea130e6cfe"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1990&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "160733da382e16c6102b97d726d7def3eb05219fc40d9b42cd7bfe698eab869d"
+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 1990 (2025-2026) — Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers.
+
+## 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/1990.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1990-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1990-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1990-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **78–16** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abbarno — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **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`
+- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** 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, 78; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-28** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 310, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** Effective date 5/17/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa610af0-720c-403c-a85f-35ea130e6cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+