---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning energy efficiency."
description: "Concerning energy efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Washington HB 1257 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "UTILITIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "ENERGY", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "BUILDING CODES AND PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9eff3dc-cc72-42eb-be01-962e864964d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1257&year=2019"
source_hash: "1a1833bb34d85ff1c4d81c9abd8984e10638904494f060b5897fd7ac7b664081"
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 1257 (2019-2020) — Concerning energy efficiency.

## 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/1257.htm)
2. **Engrossed Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257-S3.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257-S.htm)
5. **Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1257-S3.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **55–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **55–39** (pass) · lower
- 628 Warnick Pg 9 Ln 12 (#34) — **22–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-03-18** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-03-18** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-03-18** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-18** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 285, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9eff3dc-cc72-42eb-be01-962e864964d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).