---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 and tier 2 buildings."
description: "Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 and tier 2 buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1976"
citation: "Washington HB 1976 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef24689-65e6-4067-9c79-2d0522b055bc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1976&year=2023"
source_hash: "ed90bda0403d19043d99602179bb3881d899a14e5304716d76c38791299b9b88"
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 1976 (2023-2024) — Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 and tier 2 buildings.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1976.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1976.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fosse — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-08** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-15** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-16** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 85, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ef24689-65e6-4067-9c79-2d0522b055bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).