---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of certain capital investment projects to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act."
description: "Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of certain capital investment projects to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5128"
citation: "Washington SB 5128 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f1f7eb-8f6b-4dfc-a95f-d71e4038b300"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5128&year=2017"
source_hash: "f2f4fe4c8b1da6fb74be4b0e277471bc82b9bac7a2bee9daf93747ad34cf4d88"
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 5128 (2017-2018) — Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of certain capital investment projects to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5128.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5128.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **91–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** TED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 315, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31f1f7eb-8f6b-4dfc-a95f-d71e4038b300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).