---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities."
description: "Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Washington HB 1018 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-07"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26230a1-759c-4f80-b006-1f8b4a79435b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1018&year=2023"
source_hash: "85d43966d30347cf977c3b05015ead6163c365df72b53da922521efb8dac9233"
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 1018 (2023-2024) — Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1018.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1018.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Work session and public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-19** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 341, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d26230a1-759c-4f80-b006-1f8b4a79435b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).