---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning petroleum storage tank systems."
description: "Concerning petroleum storage tank systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1266"
citation: "Washington HB 1266 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLLUTION LIABILITY INSURANCE AGENCY", "NAMED ACTS", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "OIL AND GAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d0c4d0-c992-4b12-a699-25bd80b8e82f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1266&year=2017"
source_hash: "61a71a6f38c126c15cca3ab44db498d322b387186b8d6f7395ae26ded7291b70"
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 1266 (2017-2018) — Concerning petroleum storage tank systems.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1266.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1266-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#32) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-07** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 23, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26d0c4d0-c992-4b12-a699-25bd80b8e82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).