---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons."
description: "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1462"
citation: "Washington HB 1462 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b538344-a107-43c1-b4d0-1011e1452503"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1462&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "50f32c1cd8a2f6b953db9a5b74c5588d37a4a7f206d2c9c1a3f838082671ede9"
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 1462 (2025-2026) — Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1462.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1462-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1462-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1462-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **59–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duerr — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-04** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 313, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b538344-a107-43c1-b4d0-1011e1452503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).