---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning commercial property assessed clean energy and resilience."
description: "Concerning commercial property assessed clean energy and resilience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2405"
citation: "Washington HB 2405 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIENS", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "ENERGY", "REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d6accfb-6581-4dce-a276-d03bcac0d38b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2405&year=2019"
source_hash: "47552ea72c059b9c81ba00fe19c2d233bb6e4e46225d0820f75a02e8c78a36e9"
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 2405 (2019-2020) — Concerning commercial property assessed clean energy and resilience.

## 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/2405.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2405-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2405-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2405-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 27, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/5d6accfb-6581-4dce-a276-d03bcac0d38b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).