---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the ability of consumer-owned utilities to enter into joint use agreements."
description: "Expanding the ability of consumer-owned utilities to enter into joint use agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "Washington HB 1253 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ybarra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa316bb8-7bf8-46c4-b993-5f65053d65eb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1253&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "34c1104fdca930ad3ad3d441e62a3f80cd667e499ffa09282759d852d0053c7d"
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 1253 (2025-2026) — Expanding the ability of consumer-owned utilities to enter into joint use agreements.

## 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/House%20Bills/1253.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1253-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1253-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ybarra — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-01-28** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 279, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa316bb8-7bf8-46c4-b993-5f65053d65eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).