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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning climate commitment act accounts."
+description: "Concerning climate commitment act accounts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2251"
+citation: "Washington HB 2251 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7643b85-738f-4581-8d1b-b79ac6cba703"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2251&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "0f0f0c0fe0f114c0f1bafadc775bee738d2d25ad303258753d626c409e7f038d"
+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 2251 (2025-2026) — Concerning climate commitment act accounts.
+
+## 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/2251.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2251-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **54–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **34–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-01-29** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-09** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted (TR 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-26** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
+- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `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.
+- **2026-03-05** 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, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-25** Chapter 219, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-25** Effective date 7/1/2027. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7643b85-738f-4581-8d1b-b79ac6cba703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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