---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act."
description: "Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2416"
citation: "Washington HB 2416 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbdf204f-9a20-4ebf-bec0-f191613a1ef5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2416&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "35849fb19db385f3fb6e7a30ec725d5ee3ed027d24d5c8a6de3c4eb86bb797ea"
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 2416 (2025-2026) — Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under 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/2416.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2416-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2416-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2416-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2416-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **76–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **67–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Engell — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** APP - 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`
- **2026-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing 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** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - 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.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 76; nays, 20; 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`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 216, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** 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/fbdf204f-9a20-4ebf-bec0-f191613a1ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).