---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning climate commitment act accounts."
description: "Concerning climate commitment act accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2251"
citation: "Washington HB 2251 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7643b85-738f-4581-8d1b-b79ac6cba703"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2251&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0f0f0c0fe0f114c0f1bafadc775bee738d2d25ad303258753d626c409e7f038d"
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 2251 (2025-2026) — Concerning climate commitment act accounts.

## 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/2251.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2251-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2251-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **54–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-29** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted (TR 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-26** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 219, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** Effective date 7/1/2027. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7643b85-738f-4581-8d1b-b79ac6cba703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).