---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning appliance efficiency standards."
description: "Concerning appliance efficiency standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1619"
citation: "Washington HB 1619 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "APPLIANCES", "ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS", "ENERGY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/121c1bc1-ae07-473d-b143-30bcc55736a4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1619&year=2021"
source_hash: "7c60341c1c1d95d5b970060a4e4cbc4cfbc15d06010c9ce9e1c9ee3665b1f20a"
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 1619 (2021-2022) — Concerning appliance efficiency standards.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1619.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1619-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1619-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#2) — **56–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 19, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-01-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/121c1bc1-ae07-473d-b143-30bcc55736a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).