---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning tax credits for clean alternative fuel commercial vehicles."
description: "Concerning tax credits for clean alternative fuel commercial vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1809"
citation: "Washington HB 1809 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "FUELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71da724a-da7b-4e5d-a130-163eae232d52"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1809&year=2017"
source_hash: "b416e76865ab5b3d83ec3eaa99ede7a0cb12d15846cbc8cb4431fa12d62aef1a"
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 1809 (2017-2018) — Concerning tax credits for clean alternative fuel commercial vehicles.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1809.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1809-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1809-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-31** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 116, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** Effective date 1/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71da724a-da7b-4e5d-a130-163eae232d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).