---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act."
description: "Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6047"
citation: "Washington SB 6047 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6b27c8-1c80-41ae-8e53-0dac00da03a4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6047&year=2023"
source_hash: "192157e559f316a2d83d1acbaa8736f98ecbcc16563718cdab1c1135ae994c56"
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 6047 (2023-2024) — Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6047.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6047-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6047-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-30** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 277, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/0f6b27c8-1c80-41ae-8e53-0dac00da03a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).