---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans."
description: "Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Washington HB 1522 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb7aa11-4c28-4c9e-8b93-1936f6e8968f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1522&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9202d2fe2ffaa13332b4b3e9037a3ea8ebe4c174cd4af9f3e8f544e94104af76"
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 1522 (2025-2026) — Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans.

## 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/1522.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1522-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1522-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1522-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-06** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Chapter 156, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-24** 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/2fb7aa11-4c28-4c9e-8b93-1936f6e8968f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).