---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future."
description: "Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "Washington HB 1126 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14de523c-1b06-46a8-a7d8-0b08e602a7f7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1126&year=2019"
source_hash: "bd60fbb48d9a49788a086237de72c4a89c80a2066dfbd6be117de6d674450933"
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 1126 (2019-2020) — Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1126.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1126.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** ENVI - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 205, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology 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/14de523c-1b06-46a8-a7d8-0b08e602a7f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).