---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects."
description: "Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6076"
citation: "Washington SB 6076 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goehner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ff09ba-623d-49a9-ab40-5f88c3517e7a"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6076&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d87668a5d1e83c3229d061f500efa567d00e85ef8771d0827d1758c7e45cba06"
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 6076 (2025-2026) — Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.

## 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/6076.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6076-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6076-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goehner — primary (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENET 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 9:00 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** CB - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 183, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** 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/d0ff09ba-623d-49a9-ab40-5f88c3517e7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).