---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience."
description: "Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5445"
citation: "Washington SB 5445 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ab9a19-e63d-40e0-9bd4-707ab0c9fbd8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5445&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "fce22d545399f020d7b46a1a66d1a7f502c55b55449d2b980034409ad7176963"
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 SB 5445 (2025-2026) — Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5445.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5445-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5445-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5445-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-21** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 265, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** 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/50ab9a19-e63d-40e0-9bd4-707ab0c9fbd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).