---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the exemption for fuels used for agricultural purposes in the climate commitment act."
description: "Concerning the exemption for fuels used for agricultural purposes in the climate commitment act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1912"
citation: "Washington HB 1912 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d6c578-ab5b-4b55-8212-8742d074733f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1912&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0c8c58e7a672f530d761f88a01c7f3bc5ad0dda009b3e73f519ebafe4319144d"
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 1912 (2025-2026) — Concerning the exemption for fuels used for agricultural purposes in the climate commitment act.

## 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/1912.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1912-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1912-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1912-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1912-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Abell — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Manjarrez — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Mendoza — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **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`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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 with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology. `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`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 282, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37d6c578-ab5b-4b55-8212-8742d074733f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).