---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the electrification of transportation."
description: "Concerning the electrification of transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1512"
citation: "Washington HB 1512 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98292b9-163a-44d0-a462-ae9adb938566"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1512&year=2019"
source_hash: "979f482025edd4dfff97924e366e969127f24a225147eb93836c1eaa3666b6b7"
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 1512 (2019-2020) — Concerning the electrification of transportation.

## 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/1512.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1512-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **64–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 109, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 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/d98292b9-163a-44d0-a462-ae9adb938566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).