---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accelerating the availability and use of renewable hydrogen in Washington state."
description: "Accelerating the availability and use of renewable hydrogen in Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5910"
citation: "Washington SB 5910 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "CITIES AND TOWNS", "CLIMATE", "ENERGY FACILITY SITE EVALUATION COUNCIL", "FUELS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "STUDIES", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0f22cb-0d37-4839-91f9-edb38d7cb39f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5910&year=2021"
source_hash: "4293c5009d91b810787e946709964f3c2a60a4c565e0aeb9149424bf80854d17"
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 5910 (2021-2022) — Accelerating the availability and use of renewable hydrogen in Washington state.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5910.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5910-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carlyle — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment, Energy & Technology. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 292, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-01-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-25T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad0f22cb-0d37-4839-91f9-edb38d7cb39f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).