---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regarding the costs of compliance with the state energy performance standard."
description: "Regarding the costs of compliance with the state energy performance standard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1715"
citation: "Washington HB 1715 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e312226e-6289-45d0-a602-27117c98651e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1715&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5283b98dd1ae792529569dadc97950c6276f4649123d5223bfae5fb3d48c6445"
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 1715 (2025-2026) — Regarding the costs of compliance with the state energy performance standard.

## 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/1715.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1715-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1715-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1715-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 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`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 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.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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 158, 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/e312226e-6289-45d0-a602-27117c98651e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).