---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation."
description: "Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1236"
citation: "Washington HB 1236 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3f52b27-751f-4fd9-a1a8-68cda609e24f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1236&year=2023"
source_hash: "4c1916d2425583652c881383bcfe6c767c23d85418a58897bd2e1d46f1b53f1a"
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 1236 (2023-2024) — Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation.

## 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/1236.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1236-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1236-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hackney — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Chapter 234, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** 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/e3f52b27-751f-4fd9-a1a8-68cda609e24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).