---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing solar consumer protections."
description: "Providing solar consumer protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2156"
citation: "Washington HB 2156 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1330950-2305-4365-b3a7-fb76e4903d56"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2156&year=2023"
source_hash: "49e26132626ee04740a6f23fcaa69aa8ea098d0fc8a41be95f3b56118307c3fe"
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 2156 (2023-2024) — Providing solar consumer protections.

## 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/2156.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2156-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2156-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (CPB 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 349, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1330950-2305-4365-b3a7-fb76e4903d56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).