---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the use of distributed energy resources."
description: "Expanding the use of distributed energy resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2296"
citation: "Washington HB 2296 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330a2497-fb18-4a9d-948f-fa5051867851"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2296&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7249b15d3fe880f9b96ea2cb39694ac711d4ec2c98070acd259b5bbb7bd39687"
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 2296 (2025-2026) — Expanding the use of distributed energy resources.

## 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/2296.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2296-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2296-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-02** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** 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, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 136, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/330a2497-fb18-4a9d-948f-fa5051867851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).