---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation act."
description: "Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "Washington HB 1329 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18822028-4773-4054-bea5-c85768f0eca8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1329&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5e896437e11d253308637b348831264ec8a579ec125f91dc5b0f4b606b66bead"
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 1329 (2025-2026) — Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1329.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1329.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1329.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 221, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/18822028-4773-4054-bea5-c85768f0eca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).