---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing methane emissions from landfills."
description: "Reducing methane emissions from landfills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Washington HB 1663 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f2493c2-88f6-4006-ae19-93932f859b4e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1663&year=2021"
source_hash: "105c4f00b976ea7023b9f569980e12470c6b8c8879d9f333119ac5121fac53ac"
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 1663 (2021-2022) — Reducing methane emissions from landfills.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1663.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1663-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1663-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1663-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **30–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 179, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f2493c2-88f6-4006-ae19-93932f859b4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).