---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future."
description: "Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5116"
citation: "Washington SB 5116 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "UTILITIES", "ENERGY", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "NAMED ACTS", "CLIMATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlyle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 68
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d159a762-3d89-40f7-a24b-6e1d5d68a286"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5116&year=2019"
source_hash: "752498a953e2f0b6ff2a00e33d189a8b394b5caa7f9384a013ccf6ade2ee9792"
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 SB 5116 (2019-2020) — Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable 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/Senate%20Bills/5116.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5116-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5116-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5116-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- 101 Ericksen Pg 53 Ln 27 (#5) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- 605 Shea Pg 61 Ln 11 (#10) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 112 Rivers Pg 43 Ln 27 (#4) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- 604 Shea Pg 12 Ln 6 (#9) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 88 Ericksen Striker (#6) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **56–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carlyle — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-29** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-28** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-02-28** Held on second reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-04-02** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Finance.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 288, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 5/7/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d159a762-3d89-40f7-a24b-6e1d5d68a286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).