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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws."
+description: "Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2575"
+citation: "Washington HB 2575 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-19"
+last_action: "2026-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e130024f-38dc-4c84-8d71-ceb6d9915e7f"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2575&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "260dff38a314a674fc4e66e2519ed6220b96831cbb5ec0d6a3f5347dee667ed0"
+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 2575 (2025-2026) — Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws.
+
+## 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/2575.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2575.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2575.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#24) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
+- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
+- **2026-02-03** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** 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.
+- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-23** Chapter 137, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-23** 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/e130024f-38dc-4c84-8d71-ceb6d9915e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+